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.

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

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 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

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 25, 1931

The people of Porto Rico have made magnificent progress in self-government and the establishment of democratic institutions.

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Mar 25, 1931

We need a transformation in the Department of Agriculture to have a number of tropical plants developed in Porto Rico which look very promising.

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Mar 25, 1931

Porto Rico, with the assistance of the Government, is able to carry on.

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Mar 25, 1931

Reports from American consuls assigned to 21 countries whose annual quotas total 148,466 of the total quota of 153,714 indicate that only 10,277 visas were issued during the 5-month period against a possible 74,233 allowable under law

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Mar 25, 1931

the only important provision of the law useful in the circumstances is that one requiring the exclusion of those who are liable to become public charges

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Mar 25, 1931

I was a great deal struck with the many capable men there, especially the judges, and the chief justice.

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Mar 25, 1931

The work of Governor Roosevelt has uncovered many lines of development.

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