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It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the la

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 a… discipline in the equality of men – for all men are equal before fish. – Herbert Hoover

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