Political Quotes

Herbert Hoover

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Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1933. A member of the Republican Party, Hoover was born in Iowa but later moved to California. Before his presidency, he served as the Secretary of Commerce from 1921 to 1928, where he focused on promoting economic growth and efficiency. Hoover was also known for his humanitarian efforts during World War I, leading relief efforts in Europe and earning a reputation as a skilled administrator.

Quotes by year · 192919323,183 total · peak 1931 (1235)
1929: 765 quotes1930: 742 quotes1931: 1,235 quotes1932: 441 quotes
Mar 30, 1931

I have canvassed the financial situation in the Government exhaustively with our different departments, and I can state that there will be no increases in taxes if the next Congress imposes no increases on the budget or the expenditure…

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Mar 30, 1931

There will be no increases in taxes if the next Congress imposes no increases upon the budget or other expenditure proposals which the administration will present.

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Mar 30, 1931

But for Congress to do this the people must cooperate to effectively discourage and postpone consideration of the demands of sectional and group interests.

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Mar 30, 1931

I have directed the Red Cross to take the matter in hand at once, and the Army and Navy will cooperate with them.

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Mar 29, 1931

And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930 (46 Stat. 580), that, subject to valid rights, the unreserved public lands in said township, if otherwise subject to disposition, shall be opened, under the…

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Mar 29, 1931

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4964, dated September 17, 1928, which withdrew the public lands in T. 15 S., R. 84 W., sixth principal meridian, Colorado, pending a resurvey of said township, be, and the same is hereby…

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Mar 27, 1931

May the ties of friendship and good understanding existing between Egypt and the United States continue to increase and prosper.

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Mar 27, 1931

I commend the Citizens' Camps to all fathers and mothers and to young men of suitable age in the hope and belief that the camps will show themselves as useful in the future as they have been in the past.

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Mar 27, 1931

The Citizens' Military Training Camps have through ten years proved themselves important agencies of physical and moral health in the individual and of civic welfare in the Nation.

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Mar 27, 1931

The willingness of young men to devote a month to this training program for better citizenship is proof of good-will in the generation on which will presently devolve the maintenance of our social and political institutions.

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Mar 27, 1931

I SEND TO Your Majesty my sincere felicitations on the occasion of your birthday.

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