Quote attributed to Rexford Tugwell I removed the quote ascribed to Rexford Tugwell practically the whole New Deal was extrapolated from programs that Hoover started The earliest citation for this quote Is Paul Johnson s A History of the American People Tugwell actually loathed Hoover and his policies See Make America Over by Steven Chichester cgi article 1185 context masters a master s thesis from Liberty University for Tugwell s actual views on Hoover