Quotes By Herbert Hoover

No public man can be just a little crooked.

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

All men are equal before fish.

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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