Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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Recognized as a President of the United States from 1929 to 1933, Herbert Hoover offered the world both action and articulate reflection. Whether reflecting on Business or War, Herbert Hoover brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Discover 29 of Herbert Hoover's most memorable quotes, ranging across Business, War, History, Government, and Wisdom. Readers often gravitate to this one: "Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers."

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

— Herbert Hoover

History

All Quotes by Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

Wisdom

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”

— Herbert Hoover

Freedom

“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

Business

“Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.”

— Herbert Hoover

Business

“It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.”

— Herbert Hoover

War

“Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.”

— Herbert Hoover

History

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

— Herbert Hoover

Men

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

— Herbert Hoover

Respect

“When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.”

— Herbert Hoover

Government

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

— Herbert Hoover

Sports

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

— Herbert Hoover

Women

“Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.”

— Herbert Hoover

Peace

“If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.”

— Herbert Hoover

Government

“All men are equal before fish.”

— Herbert Hoover

Funny

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

— Herbert Hoover

Business

“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

Power

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

— Herbert Hoover

Politics

“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

Politics

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

— Herbert Hoover

Business

“New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.”

— Herbert Hoover

Science