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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
Apr 12, 1931

If your officers had yielded on this occasion the Red Cross would have been rendered impotent in the face of every future national emergency.

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Apr 12, 1931

Every progress in constructive recreation for leisure time not only improves health but also morals.

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Apr 12, 1931

You are inscribing another bright chapter in the history of the American Red Cross.

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Apr 12, 1931

The very spirit that makes the Red Cross possible assures it a probity and devotion in service which no government can ever attain.

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Apr 12, 1931

You have, under most difficult handicaps, again demonstrated that it can meet and relieve human suffering in any national disaster.

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Apr 12, 1931

The whole recreational movement is one not only vital to public health but it is vital to public welfare.

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Apr 12, 1931

A voluntary deed by a man impressed with the sense of responsibility and brotherhood of man is infinitely more precious to our national ideals and national spirit than a thousandfold poured from the Treasury of the Government under the…

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Apr 12, 1931

I wish to express to you the most profound admiration that I hold for the work of the Association and to extend to you my best wishes for its further development.

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Apr 12, 1931

It has taken a most significant and a magnificent part in the whole recreational development of the country.

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Apr 11, 1931

Their loyalty to American institutions and ideals is an earnest of continued service of country.

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Apr 8, 1931

As a mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Nicholas Longworth, late Speaker and Member of the House of Representatives of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the flags on the White House and public buildings in the…

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Apr 8, 1931

All such land not otherwise reserved or withdrawn is hereby restored to the public domain and shall become subject to disposition under the laws applicable thereto upon such date and after such notice as may be hereafter determined and…

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Apr 8, 1931

I will be obliged if you will express my cordial greetings to those present at the dinner of the American Institute on Thursday evening.

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Apr 8, 1931

So much of Executive order of February 8, 1923, creating Public Water Reserve No. 86, as affects the land hereinafter listed is hereby revoked.

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Apr 8, 1931

I WILL BE obliged if you will express my cordial greetings to those present at the dinner in honor of Dr. James H. Kimball tomorrow evening.

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Apr 8, 1931

His happy character, his sterling honesty, his courage in public questions, endeared him and held the respect not alone of his myriad of friends but of the country at large.

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Apr 8, 1931

To Dr. Kimball himself my warm appreciation of his signal services in promoting the success of aviation in general and transatlantic flights in particular through his scientific skill and judgment so characteristic of the entire weather…

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Apr 8, 1931

In his service he contributed greatly to the welfare of the American people.

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Apr 8, 1931

IT GIVES me much pleasure on this anniversary of Your Majesty's birth to send to you hearty congratulations and best wishes for a long and prosperous reign.

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Apr 8, 1931

MR. LONGWORTH served his fellow countrymen in State and Nation for over 33 years--nearly the whole of his adult life.

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Apr 8, 1931

It is distinctly worthwhile to remind the public not only that many great industrial enterprises are based upon the technical and mechanical requirements of the Army and Navy but also that many inventions and new processes of the greatest…

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Apr 6, 1931

The independent cooperation of the Salvation Army in this work has been invaluable.

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Apr 6, 1931

I am deeply interested in your efforts to finance the continuance of these labors through the private generosity of the people of Philadelphia, and I shall hope that you may meet with the most generous response.

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Apr 6, 1931

The people of Philadelphia have done a splendid work in providing local relief of local distress in these difficult times.

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