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Herbert Hoover: “Again, just as the largest measure of responsibility in the government of the Nation rests upon local self-government…”

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Again, just as the largest measure of responsibility in the government of the Nation rests upon local self-government, so does the largest measure of social responsibility in our country rest upon the individual.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Hoover highlights the importance of individual social responsibility alongside local self-government.

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