There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We have learned that social injustice is the destruction of justice itself. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We are indebted to the Book of books (Bible) for our national ideals and institution. Their preservation rests in adhering to it's… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be… — 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
Through baseball we channel boys desire for exercise and let off their explosive violence without letting them get into the police court. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitivities to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invading armies. Our… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I have on numerous occasions, as you know, expressed my sympathy in the establishment of a National Home for the Jews in… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I SEND YOU MY HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS UPON BEGINNING THE THIRTIETH YEAR OF YOUR GREAT CAREER AS MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS,… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I protest that we fans are being emotionally starved and frustrated by long periods of perfect performance of these batteries. More over,… — 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
I want more runs in baseball itself. When you were raised on a sandlot, where the scores ran twenty-three to sixty-one, you… — 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… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I returned to the white House after midnight more depressed than ever before. I had long since arranged to attend the World… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed… — 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
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
We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was no good. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The study of this Book in your Bible classes is a post-graduate course in the richest library of human experience. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is obvious that while science is struggling to bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in the construction… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere, — Herbert Hoover Copy Share
If America is to be run by the people, it is the people who must think. And we do not need to put on… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share
The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its charter of… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share
