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Herbert Hoover was a man of genuine, fine character, but he lacked practical political sense. And he couldn't bend and shift and change with…

— Robert Dallek

Hoovers didn't like Democrats because of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's libelous partisan attacks on my great-grandfather Herbert Hoover, tethering him to the Great Depression.

— Margaret Hoover

If you read any of the biographies on J. Edgar Hoover, you find that they contradict each other more than they agree. Often times,…

— Clint Eastwood

The election of Hoover...should result in continued prosperity for 1929.

— Roger Babson

What the hell has (Herbert) Hoover got to do with it? Anyway, I had a better year than he did.

— Babe Ruth

“Another grave fault in our election system is that the campaigns are unduly strung out. [Election Administration in the United States, 1934, page 72]”

— Joseph P. Harris

I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.

— Anonymous

The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.

— Dana Perino

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.

— Clint Eastwood

The first election I remember was Dewey Truman in '48. I was, I guess, seven years old.

— George Will

“Harry Truman—the man who won the four-way 1948 presidential campaign, triumphing over the segregationist Thurmond, the Progressive candidate Henry A. Wallace, and the Republican…

— Jon Meacham

Electing Barack Obama president was a glorious Jackie Robinson moment for the United States of America. Obama didn't just win; he became the first…

— Timothy Noah