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" True liberal government is founded on the emancipation of men. "
Herbert Hoover
True
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" Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress. "
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" Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. "
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" The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its charter of freedom. "
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" With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system. "
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" This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character. "
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" One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class. "
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" Self-government does not and should not imply the use of political agencies alone. Progress is born of cooperation in the community - not from governmental restraints. "
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" Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution. "
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" The Ritz Hotel has never yet provided game of such wondrous flavor as the bird plucked and half-cooked over the small boys' camp fire. "
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" Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness. "
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" The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law. "
Herbert Hoover
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" Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate. "
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" America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios. "
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" Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family. "
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Age
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" Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil. "
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Opportunity
New
" Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. "
Herbert Hoover
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" Free government is the most difficult of all government. But it is everlastingly true that the plain people will make fewer mistakes than any other group of men, no matter how powerful. "
Herbert Hoover
Men
Free
People
" Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness. "
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" Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world. "
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Man
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" Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. "
Herbert Hoover
Without
Words
Actions
" Children are our most valuable natural resource. "
Herbert Hoover
Resource
Natural
Children
" The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people. "
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Leader
" It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business. "
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" America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. "
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" The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders. "
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" My earliest realization of the stir of national life was the torch parade in the Garfield campaign. On that occasion, I was not only allowed out that night, but I saw the lamps being filled and lighted. "
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" The spirit of liberalism is to create free men; it is not the regimentation of men. "
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" When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man. "
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" There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation. "
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