Quotes from Herbert Hoover
The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law.
— Herbert Hoover
Older men declare war, but it is the youth that must fight and die.
— Herbert Hoover
When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.
— Herbert Hoover
The United States fully accepts the profound truth that our own progress, prosperity, and peace are interlocked with the progress, prosperity, and peace of all humanity.
— Herbert Hoover
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
— Herbert Hoover
Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.
— Herbert Hoover
No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.
— Herbert Hoover
The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women.
— Herbert Hoover
Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate. (on the birth of his granddaughter)
— Herbert Hoover
America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
— Herbert Hoover
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
— Herbert Hoover
The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment... has no place in the gospel of American progress.
— Herbert Hoover