Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
If America is to be run by the people, it is the people who must think. And we do not need to… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Even if security from the cradle to the grave could eliminate [all] the risks of life, it would [still] be a dead… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The American people are doing their job today. They should be given a chance to show whether they wish to preserve the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed! — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Reports to the Surgeon General represent the final word upon the efficient and devoted sense of responsibility of our people in this… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources; in the prevention of wasteful practices. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I can at once refute the statement that the people of the West object to conservation of oil resources. They know that… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The engineer performs many public functions from which he gets only philosophical satisfactions. Most people do not know it, but he is… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of the country together with… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Bureaucracy is ever desirous of spreading its influence and its power. You cannot extend the mastery of the government over the daily… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Three qualities of greatness stood out in Woodrow Wilson. He was a man of staunch morals. He was more than just an… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual welfare… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I am interested to learn that a group of distinguished men and women is to be formed to spread knowledge and appreciation… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people.… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
But I would emphasize again that social and economic solutions, as such, will not avail to satisfy the aspirations of the people… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort,… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
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,… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
It is always possible that occasional individuals may have overstepped the law and humanity in treatment of criminals and those charged with crime, and… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
