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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.
I have supported, and the nation should maintain, the important principle that when men have been called into jeopardy of their very lives in protection of the nation, then the nation as a whole incurs a special obligation beyond that to…
The country should not be called upon, however, either directly or indirectly, to support or make loans to those who can by their own efforts support themselves.
In signing the general appropriation bill containing this item President Harrison protested at paying for land that already belonged to the Federal Government.
This case would I feel, create a dangerous precedent which could conceivably involve the Government in very large liabilities.
The welfare of the veterans as a class is inseparable from that of the country.
No, it is essentially a matter for Congress to find a revenue to meet these difficulties.
It is hereby ordered that the following described lands in the State of Colorado be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, subject to any prior valid existing claim initiated under the public…
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Labor, Employment Service, for the fiscal year 1932, to be immediately available, amounting to…
One deviation has been made from the plan of including all of Washington's writings in this edition.
What Washington says for himself will also be the foundation of our appreciation of his great abilities and immense services as the leader of the Continental Army.
The PEOPLE of the United States are justly proud of their literary men and women.
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It is hereby ordered, under authority contained in the act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 325-326), that the trust period on allotments made to Indians on the Pine Ridge Reservation, S. Dak., which trust period expires during the calendar year…
I am convinced that where Federal action is essential then in most cases it should limit its responsibilities to supplement the States and local communities, and that it should not assume the major role or the entire responsibility, in…
Lincoln led in founding the Republican Party and he gloried in his party.
The ultimate goal of the American social ideal is equality of opportunity and individual initiative.
The whole of our governmental machinery was devised for the purpose that through ordered liberty we give incentive and equality of opportunity to every individual to rise to that highest achievement of which he is capable.
Success is not gained by leaning upon government to solve all the problems before us.
Our concept of Federal, State, and local responsibilities is possible of no unchangeable definitions and it must shift with the moving forces in the Nation.
The true growth of the Nation is the growth of character in its citizens.
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