Herbert Hoover Quotes

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• 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

  Depression, Business, Cells

  Herbert Hoover, Arnold S. Rice, United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover) (1971). “Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964; chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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

  Herbert Hoover

  Inspiring, Freedom, 4th Of July

  Herbert Hoover, Ruth Dennis (1995). “The Wit and Wisdom of Herbert Hoover: A Compilation of Many of His Quotations”, Vantage Pr

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  Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

  Herbert Hoover

  Children, Blessed, Government

  Herbert Hoover (1938). “Addresses upon the American road”

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• 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.

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  Freedom, Democracy, Ladders

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  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

  Girl, Country, Boys

  Letter to Senator George H. Moses on June 14, 1928. "The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover", volume 2, p. 195, 1952.

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• Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.

  Herbert Hoover

  Calm, Patient, Fishes

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

  Herbert Hoover

  Government, People, Political

  Herbert Hoover (1955). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955”

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• Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.

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  Depression, Cells, Action

  Herbert Hoover, Arnold S. Rice, United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover) (1971). “Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964; chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitivities to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invading armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior.

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  Suicide, Spiritual, Lying

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• We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

  Herbert Hoover

  Presidential, Debt, Economics

  Herbert Hoover (1938). “Addresses upon the American road”

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• We do not need to burn down the house to kill the rats

  Herbert Hoover

  House, Needs, Rats

  Herbert Hoover (1934). “Challenge Liberty”

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  The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

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  Presidential, Economics, Should

  Herbert Hoover (1937*). “American ideals and the New deal ... eight addresses upon pressing national problems”

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

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  Government, Important, Rugged Individualism

  Herbert Hoover (1929). “The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928”, p.167, Stanford University Press

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• Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.

  Herbert Hoover

  Country, Horse, Men

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “Memoirs: The great depression, 1929-1941”

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• When the outcome of a meeting is to have another meeting, it has been a lousy meeting.

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  Outcomes, Meetings, Has Beens

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

  Herbert Hoover

  Death, Peace, War

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• Never worry about anything that is past. Charge it up to experience and forget the trouble. There are always plenty of troubles ahead, so don't turn and look back on any behind you.

  Herbert Hoover

  Past, Worry, Behind You

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• Along this road of spending, the government either takes over, which is Socialism, or dictates institutional and economic life, which is Fascism.

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  Government, Socialism, Economic

  Herbert Hoover (1951). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950”

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• Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.

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  Wisdom, Knowing, Next

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

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  Peace, Heart, Men

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• If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated, and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish.

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  Children, Government, Healthy

  United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover), Herbert Hoover (1974). “Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts.... Every step in that direction poisons the very roots of liberalism. It poisons political equality, free speech, free press, and equality of opportunity. It is the road not to more liberty but to less liberty.

  Herbert Hoover

  Opportunity, Government, Roots

  United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover), Herbert Hoover, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1974). “Herbert Hoover: Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President”

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• All men are equal before fish.

  Herbert Hoover

  Funny, Witty, Laughter

  1951 Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

  Herbert Hoover

  Prosperity, Treasury

  United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover), Herbert Hoover (1974). “Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.

  Herbert Hoover

  Mean, Men, Modern Life

  Herbert Hoover (1938). “Addresses upon the American road”, C. Scribner's sons

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