Herbert Hoover quotes are thought-provoking, memorable and inspiring. From views on society and politics to thoughts on love and life, Herbert Hoover has a lot to say. In this list we present the 44 best Herbert Hoover quotes, in no particular order. Let yourself get inspired!
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Herbert Hoover quotes
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.
— Herbert Hoover
All men are equal before fish.
— Herbert Hoover
Thank God she doesn’t have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)
— Herbert Hoover
I am sure I’d have made a better all-around man if I hadn’t lost so much time just making a living.
— Herbert Hoover
We have gold because we cannot trust governments
— Herbert Hoover
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.
— Herbert Hoover
America – a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
— Herbert Hoover
We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before.
— Herbert Hoover
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 a man can have.
— Herbert Hoover
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
— Herbert Hoover
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
— Herbert Hoover
When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn’t surprised. I was better able to handle it.
— Herbert Hoover
My country … gave me schooling independence of action and opportunity for service. … I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay.
— Herbert Hoover
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
— Herbert Hoover
If the law is upheld only by government officials then all law is at an end.
— Herbert Hoover
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 mself.
— Herbert Hoover
When I decided to go into politics I weighed the cost: I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when the virulent criticism came I wasn’t surprised. I was better able to handle it.
— Herbert Hoover
Prosperity is just around the corner.
— Herbert Hoover
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
— Herbert Hoover
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
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.
— Herbert Hoover
Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.
— Herbert Hoover
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
— Herbert Hoover
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
It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war.
— Herbert Hoover
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
— Herbert Hoover
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 farmer will be a doctor or a worker or even a banker, and his daughter a teacher. The son of a worker will be an employer – or maybe president.
— Herbert Hoover
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 infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.
— Herbert Hoover
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 people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.
— Herbert Hoover
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, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.
— Herbert Hoover
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
— Herbert Hoover
The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.
— Herbert Hoover
I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
— Herbert Hoover
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
One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.
— Herbert Hoover
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
— Herbert Hoover
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
— Herbert Hoover
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
— Herbert Hoover
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
— Herbert Hoover
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.
— Herbert Hoover
Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
— Herbert Hoover
Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness.
— Herbert Hoover
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.
— Herbert Hoover
Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.
— Herbert Hoover
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
— Herbert Hoover
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