Being Quote by Margaret Hoover

Herbert Hoover was a man of genuine, fine character, but he lacked practical political sense. And he couldn't bend and shift and change with…

— Robert Dallek

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

“If the man in the street remembers anything about Herbert Hoover it is that his middle name was Laissez-Faire and he did nothing while…

— Robert Higgs

I just kind of had my own impressions growing up with Hoover as a heroic figure in the 40s - actually the 30s, 40s,…

— Clint Eastwood

Hoover himself had risen from the most modest means of any president since Abraham Lincoln. Orphaned as a small boy, he worked his way…

— Margaret Hoover

I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.

— Anonymous

If you're a history buff, you know about J. Edgar Hoover. He was likely the most powerful man in the US. If you start…

— Dustin Lance Black

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,…

— Clint Eastwood

There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the head of…

— Clint Eastwood

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.

— Clint Eastwood

Hoovers didn't like Democrats because of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's libelous partisan attacks on my great-grandfather Herbert Hoover, tethering him to the Great Depression.

— Margaret Hoover

[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his…

— Clint Eastwood