Bottom Quote by Will Rogers

President Herbert Hoover returned his salary to the government. His idea caught on, and now we're all doing it.

— Sam Ewing

“The “spendthrift” Hoover was in California at his Palo Alto home putting his own affairs in order, while the great Economizer who had denounced…

— John T. Flynn

“Well, they’re going to elect that Superman Hoover, and he’s going to have some trouble. He’s going to have to spend money, but it…

— Calvin Coolidge

The election of Hoover...should result in continued prosperity for 1929.

— Roger Babson

“Hoover and Mellon did more than history gives them credit for (i.e., they did more than absolutely nothing) and it’s never been clear if…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

“Yet just eighty years ago it still seemed an impossible mission when U.S. President Herbert Hoover was tasked with beating back the Great Depression…

— Rutger Bregman

We didn’t admit it at the time, but practically the Whole New Deal was extrapolated from programs that Hoover started.

— Rexford Tugwell

“This money could have paid for health care for everyone and for programs to create jobs for all. Instead of giving out contracts for…

— Howard Zinn

Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.

— Lupe Fiasco

“Usually when people talk about the trickle-down theory, it has to do with economics. The richer people at the top of a society become,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“It was the American middle class. No one's house cost more than two or three year's salary, and I doubt the spread in annual…

— Michael Francis Moore

Then, when the Fed's fire hoses started spraying an elephant soup of liquidity injections in every direction, and its balance sheet grew by $1.3…

— David Stockman