| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 28899 |
| QUOTATION: | [The election] ... was an event in which, so far as the personal side is concerned, the victory was to him who lost and the defeat to him who won. I can say that never in the last fifteen years have I had the peace of mind that I have since the election. I have almost a feeling of elation. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), U.S. president. Theodore G. Joslin, Hoover Off the Record, p. 328, Garden City (1934).
On losing the presidency. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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