Herbert Hoover Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Herbert Hoover on Wise Famous Quotes.
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.
One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.
Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost.
Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.
Every generation has the right to build its own world out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of the future.
Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.
The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources; in the prevention of wasteful practices.
One has to bear in mind that one of the tactics of revolution is to destroy one's predecessors in authority at any cost or hazard.
Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.
Along this road of spending, the government either takes over, which is Socialism, or dictates institutional and economic life, which is Fascism.
I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.
Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.
One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.
Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.
We are indebted to the Book of books (Bible) for our national ideals and institution. Their preservation rests in adhering to it's precepts.
Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.
The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.
The more complex the problems of the Nation become, the greater is the need for more and more advanced instruction.
No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests of what makes free men.
The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its charter of freedom.
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders.
Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.
In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.
I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion.
The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.
We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.
Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.
The Ritz Hotel has never yet provided game of such wondrous flavor as the bird plucked and half-cooked over the small boys' camp fire.
I suppose I could have called in the whole of the Army, but what was the use? All I had to do was call in Main Street itself.
Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.
Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are the freshest from the hand of god.