Quotes by Herbert Hoover

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

“Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)”

“I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.”

“All men are equal before fish.”

“My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.”

“America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.”

“We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before.”

“We have gold because we cannot trust governments”

“There are things in the world that cannot be brought about. There are mistakes that cannot be repaired. But there is one thing sure -- that loyalty and friendship are the most precious possessions ...”

“Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.”

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

“There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class. You may pigeonhole a man or woman as a farmer or a worker or a professional man or an employer or even a banker. But the son of the ...”

“Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and inf...”

“While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a ...”

“I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries - the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, th...”

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

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

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

“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.”

“One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.”