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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
Jul 4, 1929

I called a first meeting of the Farm Board for Monday, the 15th.

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Jul 4, 1929

I think everybody is agreed that if we can do that for $2 1/2 million it is a wise expenditure on behalf of bad feeling (?).

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Jul 4, 1929

Mrs. Mae A. Krigbaum may be reinstated as an operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without regard to the length of her separation from the service.

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Jul 3, 1929

Please convey to the members of the International Christian Endeavor Convention my cordial greetings and my deep appreciation of their cooperative spirit in working toward the furtherance of obedience to law and of world peace, for the one…

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Jul 1, 1929

We as a nation are fundamentally concerned with reinforcement of the equality of opportunity to every child, and the first necessity for equal opportunity is health and protection.

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Jul 1, 1929

It is not the purpose of such efforts to invade or relieve the responsibilities of parents but to advance those activities in care and protection of children which are beyond the control of the individual parent.

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Jul 1, 1929

I have decided to call a White House conference on the health and protection of children.

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Jul 1, 1929

This will be the first national conference held in review of this subject since the conference called by President Roosevelt in 1909.

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Jun 29, 1929

Please say for me to the members of the Zionist Organization of America, gathered in annual convention at Detroit on June 30th, that I pray their deliberations may be, as always, richly fruitful in that spiritual wisdom for which the…

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Jun 28, 1929

On this second anniversary of your transatlantic flight to France, I wish personally and upon behalf of the Nation to congratulate you and your gallant comrades upon that triumph of courage and skill over the resisting forces of Nature…

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