WIST Quotations<p>A quotation from <b>Herbert Hoover</b></p><blockquote> The very basis of Representative Government is a two‐party system. It is one of the essential checks and balances against inefficiency, dishonesty, and tyranny.<br> An organized, effective opposition which insists upon disclosure of the facts and submits them to the anvil of debate is the one safety Representative Government has.<br> Moreover, the people must have alternative programs of action upon which they may decide at the ballot box.<br> Beyond this, any party in power accumulates barnacles and deadwood which can only be rid by a change in administration.</blockquote><p><b>Herbert Hoover</b> (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, US President (1929-33)<br>Speech (1951-08-01), “On the Two-Party System,” Utah Republican Outing, Salt Lake City, Utah</p> <p>More info about this quote: <a href="https://wist.info/hoover-herbert/78694/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/hoover-herbert/78694…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=herberthoover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>herberthoover</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternatives</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=partisanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partisanship</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>party</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=politicalparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicalparty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=twopartysystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twopartysystem</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=representativegovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>representativegovernment</span></a></p>