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

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War
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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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Unity
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A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. – Leonard Bernstein, New York Times, 1988 October 30th

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If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy wont. – Hyman Rickover

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You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain. – Stanley Baldwin

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No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it. – Danica Patrick

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I learned a lot from my Mom. My favorite lesson: remember there is no such thing as a certain way to parent and to remember that you are learning along with your child – its ok to make mistakes. – Regina King

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