A small brass padlock rests on a blue velvet cushion beneath a glass dome on a round metal base.

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Herbert Hoover

We have reached a higher degree of comfort and security than ever existed before in the history of the world.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

An upbeat boast that people now enjoy more comfort and security than at any earlier time. It's a sweeping, confident claim of unprecedented progress, offered as a point of pride about how good things have become.

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