"He plainly felt that his Presidency had been a success, that he had been betrayed by events beyond his control and traduced by unscrupulous propagandists; and he gave every indication of a passionate desire for vindication...
He denounced spending, he denounced regimentation, he denounced centralization. For a positive program he offered only his old formula: retrenchment, the balanced budget, the gold standard, the tariff, the return of relief to the states."
Herbert Hoover 1935 from "The Politica Of Upheaval" by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
TW: btw it continues to amaze me that many Republicans are now trying to trash FDR's New Deal as ineffectual and by inference supporting the laissez-faire policies of Hoover.
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