Herbert Hoover Quotes
Peace itself is not made by documents. Peace is made by good will among men.
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964, 31st President of the United States (Republican, IA), January 31, 1921
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The quotation was made in the context of the Arab Israeli conflict, but the principle is general.
His recipe for mediating disputes.
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At the beginning of his Presidency Roosevelt urged Congress to disarm. A few years later he was urging heavy expenditures for armaments and Congress was then reluctant.
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American politician, businessman, and engineer, who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression. Before serving as president, Hoover led the Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the third U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
