Famous Quotes by Herbert Hoover

  • Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. More
  • The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage. More
  • In the larger view the major forces of the depression now lie outside of the United States, and... More
  • I am convinced that ... we have reestablished confidence. Wages should remain stable. A very... More
  • In no nation are the institutions of progress more advanced. In no nation are the fruits of... More
  • I am firmly opposed to the government entering into any business the major purpose of which is... More
  • Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. More
  • But I would emphasize again that social and economic solutions, as such, will not avail to... More
  • Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of “Emergency”. It was a tactic of... More
  • The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable... More
  • The American people are doing their job today. They should be given a chance to show whether they... More
  • I am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of... More
  • [N]o country can squander itself to prosperity on the ruin of its taxpayers. More
  • It does not follow, because our difficulties are stupendous, because there are some souls... More
  • The basis of successful relief in national distress is to mobilize and organize the infinite... More
  • Our tasks are definite. The first to see that no man, woman, or child shall go hungry or... More
  • [R]eports to the Surgeon General ... represent the final word upon the efficient and devoted... More
  • As a nation we must prevent hunger and cold to those of our people who are in honest difficulties. More
  • [O]ur people are steadily increasing their spending for higher standards of living ... the slogan... More
  • More than ten million women march to work every morning side by side with the men. Steadily the... More
  • I would wish that the women of our country could embrace ... [the responsibilities] of... More
  • With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the... More
  • Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive... More
  • I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... More
  • In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many... More
  • Every expansion of government in business means that government in order to protect itself from... More
  • The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it... More
  • Our fathers and grandfathers who poured over the Midwest were self-reliant, rugged, God-fearing... More
  • The swimming hole is still in use. It has the same mudbank. It is still impossible to dress... More
  • Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury. More
  • This is not a showman’s job. I will not step out of character. More
  • The office ... make[s] its incumbent a repair man behind a dyke. No sooner is one leak plugged... More
  • The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must... More
  • [The election] ... was an event in which, so far as the personal side is concerned, the victory... More

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