Dignity Quote by Herbert Hoover

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”

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Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.

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It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a…

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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,…

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“No one ever listened themselves out of a job.”

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

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It is always possible that occasional individuals may have overstepped the law and humanity in treatment of criminals and those charged with crime, and…

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One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.

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Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They have increased the standards of living and comfort. They have eliminated infinite drudgery. They have increased leisure. But that gives more time for devilment. The work of science has eliminated much disease and suffering. It has…

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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 obligation upon any part of the American people. My country owes me no debt. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for…

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“Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in…

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When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when…

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I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority. This view sustains a conception of human dignity insofar as it sees in each man a capacity for choosing his own behavior. And as it turned out, many subjects did, indeed, choose to reject the experimenter's…

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Daily contact with some teachers is itself all-sided ethical education for the child without a spoken precept. Here, too, the real advantage of male over female teachers,especially for boys, is seen in their superior physical strength,which often, if highly estimated, gives real dignity and commands real respect, and especially in the unquestionably greater uniformity of their moods and their discipline.

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