Herbert
Hoover Quotes
Government
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| Calvin
Coolidge and Herbert Hoover at Hoover's iinauguration,
1929 |
"Whatever
doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free
speech we certainly have ample volumes in production."
"We must not be misled by the claim that the source
of all wisdom is in the government."
"The durability of free speech and free
press rests on the simple concept that it search for the
truth and tell the truth."
Morality
"The imperative
need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon
Men or Women."
"No great question will ever be settled in dollars and
cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and
the tests of what makes free men."
"Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism."
"No public man can be just a little crooked. There is
no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty."
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| Herbert
Hoover with son, left and grandson Andrew, 1950 |
Economics
"The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but
by reduction of follies."
"We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending
and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation."
"Freedom requires that government keep the channels of
competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic
abuse and domination."
War and Peace
"There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes
a people richer."
"We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races
with machine guns or battle ships."
"One of the primary necessities of the world for the
maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which
arise from competitive armament."
Youth...
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| Herbert
Hoover in post W.W.II Europe, 1946 |
"Truly
every generation discovers the world all new again and knows
it can improve it."
"The advancement of knowledge must be translated into
increasing health and education for the children."
"Every generation has the right to build its own world
out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of
the future."
"Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the
sweetest, for they are the freshest from the hand of god."
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| Herbert
Hoover enjoys the
1936 World Series |
Precepts...
"National character cannot be built by law. It is the
sum of the moral fiber of its individuals."
"Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility
in city and country and state and nation, and their number
must be greatly increased."
"It is obvious that while science is struggling to
bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in
the construction of Hell."
"Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact
on our American way of life than any other American institution."
-January 9, 1955
Hoover
Presidential Library Association
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P.O. Box 696
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