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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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.

Herbert Hoover

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

Herbert Hoover

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.

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

Herbert Hoover

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

Herbert Hoover

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