Herbert Clark Hoover

31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

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Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt.
Children are our most valuable natural resource.
I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named for him.
It is a curious fact that when we get sick we want an uncommon doctor... When we get into a war, we dreadfully want an uncommon admiral and an uncommon general. Only when we get into politics are we content with the common man.
Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a world-wide depression all by myself.
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.

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