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Politics Quotes by Herbert Hoover

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Herbert Hoover says that in emergencies we need leaders who are not ordinary—like a doctor for sickness or a general for war. He stresses that starving people must be fed no matter the politics. He also believes that real progress comes from people working together, not just from government actions.

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We have gold because we cannot trust governments

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Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.

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If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

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Twenty million people are starving [in Russia]. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!

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“Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate. (on the birth of his granddaughter)”

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True liberal government is founded on the emancipation of men.

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The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

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When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

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New discoveries in science and their flow of new inventions will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still…

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Along this road of spending, the government either takes over, which is Socialism, or dictates institutional and economic life, which is Fascism.

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Self-government does not and should not imply the use of political agencies alone. Progress is born of cooperation in the community -…

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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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If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated, and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would…

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

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

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Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a…

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When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer,…

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

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

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Bureaucracy is ever desirous of spreading its influence and its power. You cannot extend the mastery of the government over the daily…

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We supported the cooperative movement among farmers. The movement was still young and stubbornly opposed to the commercial distributors. I believed it…

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

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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.…

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In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual welfare…

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

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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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The party should stand for a constantly wider diffusion of property. That is the greatest social and economic security that can come…

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“...the wreckage of representative government is strewn with broken promises.”

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Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

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Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

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Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

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We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government.

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Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!

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All progress and growth is a matter of change, but change must be growth within our social and government concepts if it…

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Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

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Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost.

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Liberalism is a force truly of the spirit proceeding from the deep realization that economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom…

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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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It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

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When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent…

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