Quotes by Herbert Hoover

“We must fight again for a government founded on individual liberty and opportunity that was the American vision. If we lose we will continue down this New Deal road to some sort of personal governm...”

“In every single case before the rise of totalitarian governments there had been a period dominated by economic planners. Each of these nations had an era under starry-eyed men who believed that the...”

“It is true that Communists and Fascists were round about. They formed popular fronts and gave the applause. These men shifted the relation of government to free enterprise from that of umpire to co...”

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.”

“What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown’s Body was a step in the right direction. I’ve read it once, and I’m reading it again. But it’s too long to do what I mean. You can’t thrill peop...”

“Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.”

“I outlived the bastards.”

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

“Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.”

“With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.”