Herbert Hoover Quotes

We have gold because we cannot trust governments

Fishing is more than fish; it is the vitalizing lure to outdoor life.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover.

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

National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.

Next to prayer, Fishing is the most personal relationship of man.

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

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 [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think, to hold opinions, to speak without fear. They must be free to challenge wrong and oppression with the surety of justice.

Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!

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

. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.

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.

The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.

The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

All progress and growth is a matter of change, but change must be growth within our social and government concepts if it should not destroy them.

Even if security from the cradle to the grave could eliminate [all] the risks of life, it would [still] be a dead hand on the creative spirit of the American people.

The joys of fishing are not confined to the hours near the water.

You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes on our side.

Free speech does not live many hours after free industry and free commerce die.

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

New discoveries in science and their flow of new inventions will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.

I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence.

Lewis Strauss is one of my best friends.

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.

The course of unbalanced budgets is the road to ruin

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

Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.

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

The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.

Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time!

The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.

Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.

Hunger is the mother of anarchy.

The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources; in the prevention of wasteful practices.

We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.

Unless the U.N. is completely reorganized without the Communist nations in it, we should get out of it.

Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.