Herbert Hoover Quotes

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

Government, End, Law

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.
Herbert Hoover

Today, America, Poverty

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

War, Youth, Sorrow

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

Business, Jobs, Credit

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

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

Science, Adventure, Create

No public man can be just a little crooked.
Herbert Hoover

Public, Crooked

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.
Herbert Hoover

Time, Power, Depression

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

Peace, Men, Made

The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.
Herbert Hoover

Progress, Full, Dinner

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

Respect, Two, Prayer

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.
Herbert Hoover

God, Help, Goal

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.
Herbert Hoover

Wisdom, Knowing, Next

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
Herbert Hoover

Wisdom, Knowing, Times

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: August 10, 1874

Died: October 20, 1964

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