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Character Quotes by Herbert Hoover
- 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…
- National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.
- Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of crime is among…
- The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and…
- The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his…
- This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character.
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