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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 · 1929–19323,180 total · peak 1931 (1235)
1929: 764 quotes1930: 740 quotes1931: 1,235 quotes1932: 441 quotes
Jun 14, 1931

Fear and apprehension, whether their origins are domestic or foreign, are very real, tangible, economic forces.

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Jun 14, 1931

The purpose of party organization must be to promote the national welfare.

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Jun 14, 1931

As we look beyond the horizons of our own troubles and consider the events in other lands, we know that the main causes of the extreme violence and the long continuance of this depression came not from within but from outside the United…

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Jun 14, 1931

It is most kind of you to give to Mrs. Hoover and me this courteous and beautiful welcome.

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Jun 14, 1931

The very first service to them must be to place our own house in order; to restore our own domestic prosperity.

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Jun 14, 1931

It is difficult for me to find adequate expression for my appreciation of the reception given to me today by the people of Indiana.

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Jun 14, 1931

It is encouraging to be a President, to receive such a greeting and such a welcome as this.

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Jun 14, 1931

I wish I could adequately thank you on behalf of both Mrs. Hoover and myself.

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Jun 12, 1931

I AM SADDENED to learn of the death of your husband Dr. Franklin Henry Giddings and extend my deep sympathy to you.

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Jun 12, 1931

Dr. Giddings' career as an educator and author was an unusually fruitful one, and his thinking has made a permanent and significant contribution to the science of sociology.

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Jun 11, 1931

Mrs. Helen Terrill Mays may be appointed to a clerical position in the classified service of the Treasury Department without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules.

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Jun 7, 1931

Whenever practicable, such a situation shall be met by the expansion of the existing stations, if necessary under joint contribution of the Departments interested.

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Jun 7, 1931

I have ordered a minute investigation of the circumstances of this profoundly regrettable incident.

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Jun 7, 1931

All absences of consular officers and employees from their posts, whether by leave or otherwise, must be reported to the Secretary of State and will be regarded as part of the leave of absence authorized by law, during which such officers…

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Jun 7, 1931

'Foreign Service officer' shall be deemed to denote permanent officers of the Foreign Service below the grade of minister.

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Jun 7, 1931

It is hereby ordered that Executive order of February 1, 1906, reserving certain lands on Yes Lake in the Cleveland Peninsula in southeastern Alaska as a site for a salmon hatchery be, and the same is hereby, revoked as to the tract of…

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Jun 7, 1931

Consular officers must report promptly to the department every change in the clerical personnel of their offices.

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Jun 7, 1931

The Secretary of State is also authorized to grant to any officer or employee of the Foreign Service on account of personal illness or on account of exposure to a contagious disease which would render presence at a post of duty hazardous…

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Jun 7, 1931

All official acts of Foreign Service officers while serving under diplomatic or consular commissions in the Foreign Service shall be performed under their respective commissions as secretaries or as consular officers.

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Jun 7, 1931

The Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe additional rules and regulations for the administration of the Foreign Service, not inconsistent herewith, and the use of the regulations in this order as regulations of the Department of…

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Jun 7, 1931

Whenever a Foreign Service officer becomes separated from the service, except for disability before reaching the age of retirement, or under section 33 of the act of February 23, 1931, the total amount of contribution from his salary with…

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Jun 7, 1931

All Executive orders and other regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this order, are hereby revoked.

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