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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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Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. – Herbert Hoover

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Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs. – Herbert Hoover

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The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul. – Herbert Hoover

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