Herbert Hoover Quotes

One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership fro...

Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)

We have gold because we cannot trust governments

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

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

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooli...

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

My country ... gave me schooling independence of action and opportunity for service. ... I am indeb...

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

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adve...

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and wit...

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. Th...

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and econo...

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

There are things in the world that cannot be brought about. There are mistakes that cannot be repair...

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governme...

There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class. You may pigeonhole a man or woman a...

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

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

All men are equal before fish.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately o...

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

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

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

We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before.

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

Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peace...

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

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wound...

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So ...

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

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.

Prosperity is just around the corner.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

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

When I decided to go into politics I weighed the cost: I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So w...

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

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

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

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an unco...

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

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

Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows thr...

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