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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Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs. – 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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Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves. – Herbert Hoover

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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. – Jacob Bronowski

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I was looking for something like baseball, where theres a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. Thats when I discovered politics. – Nate Silver

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The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected. – Charles Kennedy

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I dont feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that Im a gay man. – Tony Kushner

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