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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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It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business. – Herbert Hoover

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The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul. – Herbert Hoover

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