Hoover Quotes

60 Hoover quotes by 51 unique authors

The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as President,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
In 1932, lame duck president Herbert Hoover was so desperate to remain in the White House that he dressed up as Eleanor Roosevelt. When FDR… — Johnny Carson
The beaver told the rabbit as they stared at the Hoover Dam: No, I didn't build it myself, but it's based on an idea of… — Charles Hard Townes
I'm so happy, I think I'll dress up like J. Edgar Hoover and sing show tunes. — Don Imus
All Coolidge had to do in 1924 was to keep his mean trap shut, to be elected. All Harding had to do in 1920 was… — Robert E. Sherwood
You know, back in the 1950s and '60s, when J. Edgar Hoover was making the FBI the respected organization it used to be, oftentimes they… — Howie Carr
I would like you to consider the difference in the time from 1963 to date. The FBI, at that time, was headed by Mr. Hoover… — John Sherman Cooper
Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that… — Barry Eichengreen
By every measure, John Kennedy's sex life was compulsive and reckless. At one level, it had clear public consequences. Knowledge of Kennedy's behavior gave FBI… — Jeff Greenfield
The money was all appropriated for the top in the hopes that it would trickle down to the needy. Mr. Hoover didn’t know that money… — Will Rogers
Say, this new home building idea of President Hoover's sounds good. They are working out a lot of beneficial things. The only thing is it… — Will Rogers
The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the silliest thing I ever heard of in politics . .… — Will Rogers
John F. Kennedy, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young Americans into political… — Hunter S. Thompson
I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover. — Germaine Greer
Hoover was incredibly ambitious as a young man. He was highly motivated to succeed in Washington, primarily due to his mother's expectations of him. — Leonardo DiCaprio
It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where… — Al Sharpton
We were young. We were bored. And the old electroshock therapy machine was just under the stairs in a box next to the Hoover. — Augusten Burroughs
Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch. — Max Lucado
I know, but I had a better year than Hoover. — Babe Ruth
Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power. — Clint Eastwood
I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared… — Clint Eastwood
What I find so interesting is, Herbert Hoover in August 1928 said no country in the world was closer to abolishing poverty than the United… — Robert Dallek
By 1967, J. Edgar Hoover had concluded that the Black Panther Party had replaced the Communist Party as the gravest threat to national security. — Alexander Cockburn
Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history. — Joseph Cummins
Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his… — Tim Johnson

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