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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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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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History
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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

Category:
power
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Herbert Hoover
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But the cause for which we fought was higher our thought wider… That thought was our power. – Joshua Chamberlain

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power

More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors. – Simon Mainwaring

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power

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines. – Paracelsus

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power

Im sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. – Alice Walker

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Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children. – Michael Morpurgo

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funny

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home… and eating it. – Rene Redzepi

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Food

Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to. – Tammy Wynette

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Love

Its the things I might have said that fester. – Clemence Dane

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