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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
Dec 19, 1930

The message that I particularly wish to send to Your Excellency and to the people of Mexico today is the fervent hope that the means which are used in transmitting my message will be a great instrument of understanding and never one of…

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Dec 19, 1930

I recommend that the Congress enact the necessary legislation authorizing and empowering the Secretary of State to effect the modification of the boundary line as recommended by him.

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Dec 19, 1930

The Nation is ever mindful of your patience and fortitude, is vigilant in your behalf, and so long as your need endures will respond with devotion to your service.

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Dec 19, 1930

Now, Therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section two of the act of Congress entitled 'An act for the preservation of American antiquities,' approved June 8, 1906…

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Dec 19, 1930

I do pray that the New Year will bring you many blessings and new hope for the future; to those in hospitals, or ill in their homes, restoration of health; and to all, more of comfort and contentment.

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Dec 18, 1930

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4100 of November 7, 1924, withdrawing, among other lands, the public lands in Tps. 12 and 13 S., R. 20 E., New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, pending a resurvey, be, and the same is…

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Dec 18, 1930

I will try to get you out a table dividing it in all directions so that everybody can see what he gets.

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Dec 18, 1930

And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930 (46 Stat. 580), and subject to valid rights, that the above-described lands, if otherwise subject to disposition, shall be opened, under the terms and…

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Dec 18, 1930

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate injure, destroy, or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof.

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Dec 18, 1930

I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress the inclosed report of the committee to the end that legislation may be enacted to authorize an appropriation of $1,725,000 for the expenses of representation at and participation in…

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Dec 18, 1930

The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of this monument as provided in the act of Congress entitled 'An act to establish a…

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Dec 18, 1930

So that the Federal Government will in the next calendar year be expanding from the rate of about $250 million in nondepression period to about $700 million in depression period.

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Dec 16, 1930

His distinguished contributions to Jewish culture and his outstanding leadership in service of the noblest ethical ideals will cause him long to be remembered gratefully by his fellow countrymen of all races and creeds.

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Dec 16, 1930

I AM shocked to learn of the death of my friend Dr. David N. Mosessohn.

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Dec 15, 1930

THE PRESIDENT. There seems to be a lot of news elsewhere--a great plenty--no famine of that character at all in the city, so I have got nothing that I can add on this occasion.

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Dec 15, 1930

Such notes and discussions are necessarily passing and tentative, and they represent that confidential relation of the President with Government officers which should be preserved.

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Dec 14, 1930

Ninety-one million five hundred twenty-six thousand seven hundred forty dollars.

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Dec 14, 1930

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1931.

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Dec 14, 1930

Executive Order No. 5349 of May 12, 1930, reserving and setting apart, for use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for wild animals and birds, Bird or Hat Island, located about three miles north of Carrington…

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Dec 14, 1930

The result of which is to impose this sum upon the regular budget and in effect increase emergency relief by that amount.

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Dec 14, 1930

Nearly eighty million dollars of the expenditures under these appropriations were included in the estimates of expenditures during this year contained in the Budget for the fiscal year 1932.

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Dec 14, 1930

About ten million become necessary due to the change of wording of the emergency relief bill in respect to highways.

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