Herbert Hoover

President

174 Quotes

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

The human animal originally came from out-of-doors. When spring begins to move in his bones, he just must get out again. Moreover, as civilization, cement pavements, office buildings, radios have overwhelmed us, the need for regeneration has increased, and the impulses are even stronger.

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.

Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.

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

The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

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

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

All men are equal before fish.

Anak-anak adalah sumber daya paling berharga daripada apa pun juga.

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

America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

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.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

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.

All men are equal before fish.

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.

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