America Quotes by Herbert Hoover

17 America quotes by Herbert Hoover

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Hoover’s reflections, rooted in the interwar era, offer a historical perspective on American resilience and policy. Seventeen concise statements give a window into his pragmatic mindset.

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“We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before.”

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

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

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

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The Constitution is America's glue, Democracy is the Constitution's glue.

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It is those moral and spiritual qualities which rise alone in free men, which will fulfill the meaning of the word American.…

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Progress will march if we hold an abiding faith in the intelligence, the initiative, the character, the courage, and the divine touch…

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America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war,…

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The priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his high store of idealism, his affections and his hopes. When we preserve…

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The greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly…

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Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination…

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The opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university.…

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The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the…

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Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours…

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Unemployment in the sense of distress is widely disappearing. . . . We in America today are nearer to the final triumph…

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If America is to be run by the people, it is the people who must think. And we do not need to…

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You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can…

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

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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,…

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“No one ever listened themselves out of a job.”

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

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It is always possible that occasional individuals may have overstepped the law and humanity in treatment of criminals and those charged with crime, and…

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One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.

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Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They…

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