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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
Sep 22, 1931

This not only makes for sound development within the industry, but enables it more intelligently and adequately to serve the public demand.

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Sep 21, 1931

When there is a question pending over the world's economic life, the actual realization of it is much less severe on us than is the constant possibility of it.

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Sep 21, 1931

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, Executive Order No. 5327 of April 15, 1930, withdrawing certain lands for purposes of investigation, examination, and classification, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing him…

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Sep 21, 1931

The action, no doubt necessary on the British side, is not, we feel, going to have any great effect in the United States.

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Sep 21, 1931

I do not know of any nation in the world which manages to maintain through its national life the gold value of its currency.

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Sep 21, 1931

The fact that the pound is taken off its fixed value of $4.86 is not the abandonment of the gold standard even for the pound.

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Sep 20, 1931

We can carry our present expenditures without jeopardy to national stability. We cannot carry more without grave national risks.

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Sep 20, 1931

No man can doubt the character and idealism of men who have gone into the trenches in defense of their country.

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Sep 18, 1931

He was a great educator and was a scholarly contributor to science, to the advancement of education and to thought upon public questions.

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Sep 18, 1931

It is hereby ordered that the following-described vacant public lands, which are situated on either side of or upon islands in the Mississippi River, between Rock Island, Ill., and Wabasha, Minn., and are subject to overflow by said river…

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Sep 16, 1931

Our Government is and must be responsive to the will of the people expressed through considered public opinion.

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