Herbert Hoover

In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.

— 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

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

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

— Herbert Hoover

The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children.

— Herbert Hoover

One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.

— Herbert Hoover

The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.

— Herbert Hoover

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

— Herbert Hoover

What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown's Body was a step in the right direction. I've read it once,…

— Herbert Hoover

But I would emphasize again that social and economic solutions, as such, will not avail to satisfy the aspirations of the people…

— 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

The association of Mount Ararat and Noah, the staunch Christians who were massacred periodically by the Mohammedan Turks, and the Sunday School…

— 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

Liberalism should be found not striving to spread bureaucracy but striving to set bounds to it. True liberalism seeks all legitimate freedom…

— 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

The human animal originally came from out-of-doors. When spring begins to move in his bones, he just must get out again. Moreover,…

— Herbert Hoover

Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.

— Herbert Hoover

I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion.

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

We need to add to the three R's, namely Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic, a fourth--- RESPONSIBILITY.

— Herbert Hoover

Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are the freshest from the hand of god.

— Herbert Hoover

The Ritz Hotel has never yet provided game of such wondrous flavor as the bird plucked and half-cooked over the small boys'…

— Herbert Hoover

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

The engineer performs many public functions from which he gets only philosophical satisfactions. Most people do not know it, but he is…

— Herbert Hoover

Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell 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

The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people.…

— Herbert Hoover

I am convinced that ... we have reestablished confidence. Wages should remain stable. A very large degree of industrial unemployment and suffering…

— Herbert Hoover

Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of…

— Herbert Hoover

I am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of the country together with…

— 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

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity…

— Herbert Hoover

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure…

— Herbert Hoover

Upon the farm of the uncle with whom I lived, we did know of the mortgage as some dreadful damper on youthful…

— 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

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

— Herbert Hoover

Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitivities to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invading armies. Our…

— 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