Herbert Hoover: Quotes about people

Herbert Hoover was 31st President of the United States of America. Explore interesting quotes on people.

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“What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown’s Body was a step in the right direction. I’ve read it once, and I’m reading it again. But it’s too long to do what I mean. You can’t thrill people in 300 pages… The limit is about 300 words. Kipling’s “Recessional” really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.”

To Christopher Morley, quoted in Saturday Review Treasury (1957)