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> [The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/the-structure-of-human-betterment-cannot-be-built-upon-foundations-of/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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> [Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of the sacredness of every human life. On the religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/menaced-by-collectivist-trends-we-must-seek-revival-of-our-strength/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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## More by Herbert Hoover

> [While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/while-the-crash-only-took-place-six-months-ago-i-am-convinced-we-have/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/fishing-is-a-constant-reminder-of-the-democracy-of-life-of-humility/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/it-is-a-great-profession-there-is-the-fascination-of-watching-a/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/the-human-animal-originally-came-from-out-of-doors-when-spring-begins/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [“No one ever listened themselves out of a job.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/no-one-ever-listened-themselves-out-of-a-job/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/somebody-has-inquired-as-to-whether-i-will-be-going-to-the-opening/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [It is always possible that occasional individuals may have overstepped the law and humanity in treatment of criminals and those charged with crime, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/it-is-always-possible-that-occasional-individuals-may-have/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/one-of-the-primary-necessities-of-the-world-for-the-maintenance-of/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/man-is-still-by-instinct-a-predatory-animal-given-to-devilish/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/you-convey-too-great-a-compliment-when-you-say-that-i-have-earned-the/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [“Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/leadership-cannot-be-created-synthetically-men-must-be-what-they-were/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/when-we-are-sick-we-want-an-uncommon-doctor-when-we-have-a/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/my-boyhood-ambition-was-to-be-able-to-earn-my-own-living-without-the/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

> [If America is to be run by the people, it is the people who must think. And we do not need to put on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/if-america-is-to-be-run-by-the-people-it-is-the-people-who-must-think/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/the-new-deal-repudiation-of-democracy-has-left-the-republican-party/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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