Quote by Herbert Hoover
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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

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Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves. – Herbert Hoover

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Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself. – Herbert Hoover

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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. – Herbert Hoover

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Power over a mans subsistence is power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

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Whoever is new to power is always harsh. – Aeschylus

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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. – Friedrich Schiller

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Thoughts have power thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking. – Susan Taylor

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