Men Quotes by Herbert Hoover

All men are equal before fish.

— 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

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

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

True liberal government is founded on the emancipation of men.

— Herbert Hoover

Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

The spirit of liberalism is to create free men; it is not the regimentation of men.

— Herbert Hoover

A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.

— Herbert Hoover

The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment...…

— Herbert Hoover

It [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think, to hold opinions, to speak without…

— Herbert Hoover

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a…

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for…

— 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

Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he is free to pattern his own life,…

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the…

— Herbert Hoover

Three qualities of greatness stood out in Woodrow Wilson. He was a man of staunch morals. He was more than just an…

— Herbert Hoover

To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the…

— Herbert Hoover

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where…

— Herbert Hoover

It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science…

— Herbert Hoover

More than ten million women march to work every morning side by side with the men. Steadily the importance of women is…

— Herbert Hoover

An ideal is an unselfish aspiration. Its purpose is the general welfare not only of this but of future generations. It is…

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where…

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

— Herbert Hoover

Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.

— Herbert Hoover

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

— Herbert Hoover

No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.

— Herbert Hoover

The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women.

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles…

— Herbert Hoover

Engineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the…

— Herbert Hoover

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs…

— Herbert Hoover

It was the transcendent fortitude and steadfastness of these men who in adversity and in suffering through the darkest hour of our…

— Herbert Hoover