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Quote by Herbert Hoover
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a constr

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man. – Herbert Hoover

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Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. – Herbert Hoover

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There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. – Herbert Hoover

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Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society. – Pope John Paul II

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Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system – like our physical existence – still breaks down along geographical lines. – Eric Alterman

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Yeah, exactly, you can talk about politics in music, you can talk about something else, but thats always going to change, and love is never going to change. – Enrique Iglesias

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I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do. – Suzanne Farrell

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