Quotes by Herbert Hoover

About Herbert Hoover:

Herbert Clark Hoover is the most recent cabinet secretary to be elected President of the United States, as well as one of only two Presidents (along with William Howard Taft) elected without electoral experience or high military rank.
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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

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The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damned greedy.

Herbert Hoover

Children are our greatest natural resource.

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There is no economic failure so terrible in its import as that of a country possessing a surplus of every necessity of life in which numbers willing and anxious to work, are deprived of dire necessities. It simply cannot be if our moral and economic ...

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There are things in the world that cannot be brought about. There are mistakes that cannot be repaired. But there is one thing sure -- that loyalty and friendship are the most precious possessions a man can have.

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in time.

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

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameHerbert Hoover
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 31st president of the United States (in office from 1929 to 1933)
  • AliasesHerbert Clark Hoover
  • BornAugust 10, 1874
  • DiedOctober 20, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Engineer; Writer; Mining Engineer
  • AwardsJohn Fritz Medal