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

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Honest differences of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy making among free men. – Herbert Hoover

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New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure. – Herbert Hoover

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