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104 Copy quote. It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own. Herbert Hoover. Freedom, Democracy, Ladders. 85 Copy quote. Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.
Herbert Hoover. Son of a Quaker blacksmith, Herbert Clark Hoover brought to the presidency a luminous reputation as an engineer, administrator, and humanitarian. Born in West Branch, Iowa on August 10, 1874, Hoover grew up in Newberg, Oregon with his uncle after the deaths of his parents. He married his Stanford sweetheart, Lou Henry, and they ...
Herbert Hoover, mining engineer, humanitarian, statesman, and 31st President of the United States, was born August 10, 1874 in a simple two-room cottage in West Branch, Iowa. His Quaker family had helped settle the town, and their principles of honesty, hard work, simplicity, and generosity guided Hoover throughout his life of service to the ...
By the summer of 1932, the Great Depression had begun to show signs of improvement, but many people in the United States still blamed President Hoover. With the Presidential election approaching, the Democratic candidate, New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, exuded hope and optimism, and promised the people a "New Deal."
33 quotes from Herbert Hoover: 'Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.', 'My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.', and 'Children are our greatest natural resource.'.
Hoover was correct when he predicted that the role of American government would fundamentally change because of the New Deal. A full transcript is available for Hoover’s letter to Louis Emmerson. TRANSCRIPT Herbert Hoover to Louis L. Emmerson, July 10, 1931 July 10, 1931 Confidential Hon. Louis L. Emmerson Governor of Illinois Springfield, Ill.
Overview. Upon accepting the Republican nomination for President in 1928, Herbert Hoover predicted that "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poorhouse is vanishing from among us." Hoover won the presidency that year, but his time in office belied his optimistic assertion.
