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American Quotes by Herbert Hoover
- The whole inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible for these fundamentals…
- While I can make no claim for having introduced the term "rugged individualism," I should be proud to have invented it. It has been used…
- Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.
- Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.
- It is those moral and spiritual qualities which rise alone in free men, which will fulfill the meaning of the word American. And with them…
- American business needs a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism.
- True American Liberalism utterly denies the whole creed of socialism.
- You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such an…
- I am firmly opposed to the government entering into any business the major purpose of which is competition with our citizens... for the Federal Government…
- No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
- There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
- When the war closed we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed…
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