Herbert Hoover Quotes
Prosperity is just around the corner.
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964, 31st President of the United States (Republican, IA), Sixty Days Proclamation, March 1931
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The statement was used later by Lyndon B. Johnson in his presidency. However the first President to brag about good economic times was Benjamin Harrison {618540}.
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The economy was terrific under the Republicans and it is always hard to run against a successful economy. However, the lack of meaningful regulation and corporate and financial dominance caused the economy to come crashing down in 1929. See Hoover’s description {603859},
The assumption here is that if a person is dependent on others for employment and subsistence, he/she is not free. Marx and others referred to the working class as “wage slaves”. This was written under the name of Ragnar Redbeard. There are a few scholars who believe that it was written by Jack London, but most credit Desmond.
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.
