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

Quote by Herbert Hoover

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

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It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war. – Herbert Hoover

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Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. – Herbert Hoover

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