Opportunity Quotes by Herbert Hoover

Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

— Herbert Hoover

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence…

— Herbert Hoover

Our individualism is rooted in our very nature. It is based on conviction born of experience. Equal opportunity, the demand for a…

— Herbert Hoover

Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.

— Herbert Hoover

Any practice of business which would dominate the country by its own selfish interest is a destruction of equality of opportunity. Government…

— Herbert Hoover

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence…

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

The American people are doing their job today. They should be given a chance to show whether they wish to preserve the…

— Herbert Hoover

Our fathers and grandfathers who poured over the Midwest were self-reliant, rugged, God-fearing people of indomitable courage...They asked only for freedom of…

— Herbert Hoover

You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls…

— Herbert Hoover

I am firmly opposed to the government entering into any business the major purpose of which is competition with our citizens... for…

— 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