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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. — Herbert Hoover

The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. — Herbert Hoover

Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost. — Herbert Hoover

[N]o country can squander itself to prosperity on the ruin of its taxpayers. — Herbert Hoover

A good fisherman can secure many regenerative hours in winter, polishing up the rods and reels. — Herbert Hoover

True liberal government is founded on the emancipation of men. — Herbert Hoover

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one. — Herbert Hoover

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

The course of unbalanced budgets is the road to ruin — Herbert Hoover

Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure. — Herbert Hoover

Every generation has the right to build its own world out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of the future. — Herbert Hoover

Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination. — Herbert Hoover

The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources; in the prevention of wasteful practices. — Herbert Hoover

I shall tell my doctors baseball has more curative powers than all their medicine. — Herbert Hoover

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. — Herbert Hoover

Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil. — Herbert Hoover

Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over. — Herbert Hoover

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

Engineering without imagination sinks to a trade. — Herbert Hoover

The only problem with capitalism is the capitalists. — Herbert Hoover

The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children. — Herbert Hoover

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

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was no good. — Herbert Hoover

Along with currency manipulation, the New Deal introduced to Americans the spectacle of Fascist dictation to business, labor, and agriculture. — Herbert Hoover

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

Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are the freshest from the hand of god. — Herbert Hoover

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

The wreckage of representative government is strewn with broken promises. — Herbert Hoover

Prosperity is just around the corner. — Herbert Hoover

Children are our greatest natural resource. — Herbert Hoover

Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved. — Herbert Hoover

I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named after him. — Herbert Hoover

Love what is ahead by loving what has come before. — Herbert Hoover

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies. — Herbert Hoover

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

It is obvious that while science is struggling to bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in the construction of Hell. — Herbert Hoover

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. — Herbert Hoover

We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity. — Herbert Hoover

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

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. — Herbert Hoover

Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust. — Herbert Hoover

The most essential factor to economic recovery today [1932] is the restoration of confidence. — Herbert Hoover

To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope. — Herbert Hoover

We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants. — Herbert Hoover

Next to prayer, Fishing is the most personal relationship of man. — Herbert Hoover

National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals. — Herbert Hoover

Look what happened the last time a Republican president tried to fix a doomed national economy. Remember Herbert Hoover? — Hunter S. Thompson

Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next. — Herbert Hoover

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. — Herbert Hoover

Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger. — Herbert Hoover

The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth. — Herbert Hoover

Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven. — Herbert Hoover

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. — Herbert Hoover

Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased. — Herbert Hoover

About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. — Herbert Hoover

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

We have learned that social injustice is the destruction of justice itself. — Herbert Hoover

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. — Herbert Hoover

The Constitution is America's glue, Democracy is the Constitution's glue. — Herbert Hoover

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

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

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. — Herbert Hoover

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. — Herbert Hoover

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man. — Herbert Hoover

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. — Herbert Hoover

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty. — Herbert Hoover

We do not need to burn down the house to kill the rats — Herbert Hoover

The more complex the problems of the Nation become, the greater is the need for more and more advanced instruction. — Herbert Hoover

All men are equal before fish. — Herbert Hoover

In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited. — Herbert Hoover

The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise. — Herbert Hoover

The outlook of the world today is for the greatest era of commercial expansion in history. The rest of the world will become better customers. — Herbert Hoover

I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence. — Herbert Hoover

I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion. — Herbert Hoover

President Herbert Hoover returned his salary to the government. His idea caught on, and now we're all doing it. — Sam Ewing

Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement — Herbert Hoover

Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty. — Herbert Hoover

At 15 years of age, I left school to practice the profession of Office Boy in a business firm in Salem, Oregon. — Herbert Hoover

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

Free speech does not live many hours after free industry and free commerce die. — Herbert Hoover

Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time! — Herbert Hoover

One who brandishes a pistol must be prepared to shoot. — Herbert Hoover

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. — Herbert Hoover

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover. — Paul Muni

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. — Herbert Hoover

We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government. — Herbert Hoover

Eat plenty, wisely, without waste. — Herbert Hoover

The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law. — Herbert Hoover

Unless the U.N. is completely reorganized without the Communist nations in it, we should get out of it. — Herbert Hoover

The joys of fishing are not confined to the hours near the water. — Herbert Hoover

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. — Herbert Hoover

I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since. — Lou Henry Hoover

[Professional engineers] must for years abandon their white collars except for Sunday. — Herbert Hoover

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

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

Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history. — Joseph Cummins

Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism. — Herbert Hoover

American business needs a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism. — Herbert Hoover

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution. — Herbert Hoover

No one ever listened themselves out of a job. — Herbert Hoover