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Herbert Hoover

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

-Herbert Hoover

business

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

-Herbert Hoover

business

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

-Herbert Hoover

business

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

-Herbert Hoover

business

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

-Herbert Hoover

freedom

All men are equal before fish.

-Herbert Hoover

funny

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

-Herbert Hoover

government

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

-Herbert Hoover

government

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

-Herbert Hoover

government

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

-Herbert Hoover

history

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

-Herbert Hoover

history

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

-Herbert Hoover

history

All men are equal before fish.

-Herbert Hoover

men

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

-Herbert Hoover

men

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

-Herbert Hoover

peace

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

-Herbert Hoover

politics

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

-Herbert Hoover

politics

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

-Herbert Hoover

power

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.

-Herbert Hoover

power

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

-Herbert Hoover

respect

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

-Herbert Hoover

science

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

-Herbert Hoover

sports

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

-Herbert Hoover

time

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

-Herbert Hoover

war

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

-Herbert Hoover

war

It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.

-Herbert Hoover

war

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

-Herbert Hoover

wisdom

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

-Herbert Hoover

wisdom

Herbert Hoover

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

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

All men are equal before fish.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

All men are equal before fish.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

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