Quotes By Herbert Hoover

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.