Herbert Hoover - The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover (1951)

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In the large sense the primary cause of the Great Depression was the war of 1914-1918. Without the war there would have been no depression of such dimensions. There might have been a normal cyclical recession; but, with the usual timing, even that readjustment probably would not have taken place at that particular period, nor would it have been a "Great Depression."

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Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

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The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.

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You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such an obligation upon any part of the American people. My country owes me no debt. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope. My whole life has taught me what America means. I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay.

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Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "Emergency". It was a tactic of Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini... The invasion of New Deal Collectivism was introduced by this same Trojan horse.

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One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.

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Along with currency manipulation, the New Deal introduced to Americans the spectacle of Fascist dictation to business, labor, and agriculture.

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Once the day's work starts there is little chance to walk, to ride or to take part in a game. Taking walks or rides early in the morning is a lonesome business, and the inevitable Secret Service guard when the president leaves the White House grounds is not enlivening company.

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American business needs a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism.

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Engineering without imagination sinks to a trade.

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From the point of view of accuracy and intellectual honesty the more men of engineering background who become public officials, the better for representative government.

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I hope you will forgive my dreadful curiosity, but I should like awfully to know — what is your profession? I replied that I was an engineer. She emitted an involuntary exclamation, and said Why, I thought you were a gentleman!

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