Hoover, Herbert (Herbert Hoover)

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

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

Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "Emergency". It was a tactic of Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini...
-- Herbert Hoover

All men are equal before fish.
-- Herbert Hoover

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

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
-- Herbert Hoover

Children are our most valuable natural resource.
-- Herbert Hoover

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

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body
-- Herbert Hoover

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body
-- Herbert Hoover

Engineering is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realisation in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer's high privilege.
-- Herbert Hoover

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

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

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

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.
-- Herbert Hoover

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

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

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

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
-- Herbert Hoover

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