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No public man can be just a little crooked.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
Written by Herbert Hoover
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
Written by Herbert Hoover
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
Written by Herbert Hoover
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
Written by Herbert Hoover
The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.
Written by Herbert Hoover
All men are equal before fish.
Written by Herbert Hoover
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
Written by 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.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
Written by 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.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.
Written by 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.
Written by Herbert Hoover
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
Written by 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.
Written by 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 myself.
Written by Herbert Hoover
A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Children are our most valuable natural resource.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
Written by Herbert Hoover
In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.
Written by Herbert Hoover
We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
Written by Herbert Hoover
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
Written by Herbert Hoover
It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
Written by Herbert Hoover
If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.
Written by Herbert Hoover
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.
Written by Herbert Hoover

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