Herbert Hoover Quotes

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Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.

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

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I am interested to learn that a group of distinguished men and women is to be formed to spread knowledge and appreciation of the rehabilitation which is going forward in Palestine under Jewish auspices, and to add my expression to the sentiment among our people in favor of the realization of the age-old aspirations of the Jewish people for the restoration of their national homeland.

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Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.

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Every man has a few mental hair shirts and…presidents differ only by their larger wardrobe.

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Prosperity is no idle expression. It is a job for every worker; it is the safety and safeguard of very business and every home. A continuation of the policies of the Republican party is fundamentally necessary to the future advancement of this progress and to the further building up of this prosperity.

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Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.

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True American Liberalism utterly denies the whole creed of socialism.

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Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

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The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people. Within it is room for every variety of opinion, every possible experiment in social progress. Out of such variety comes growth, but only if we preserve and maintain our spiritual solidarity.

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Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.

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The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.

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The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

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Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.

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Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here that the higher purposes of individualism must find their sustenance.

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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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Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.

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A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril to liberty, our high duty is to see that this storehouse is not robbed of its contents.

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Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

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The American people from bitter experience have a rightful fear that great business units might be used to dominate our industrial life and by illegal and unethical practices destroy equality of opportunity...

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I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named for him.

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I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed a note informing me of the sudden death of Senator Dwight morrow. He had proved a great pillar of strength in the senate and his death was a great loss to the country and to me. I left the ballpark with the chant of the crowd ringing in my ears, 'We Want Beer!'

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While I can make no claim for having introduced the term "rugged individualism," I should be proud to have invented it. It has been used by American leaders for over a half-century in eulogy of those God-fearing men and women of honesty whose stamina and character and fearless assertion of rights led them to make their own way in life.

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The more complex the problems of the Nation become, the greater is the need for more and more advanced instruction.

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Bureaucracy is ever desirous of spreading its influence and its power. You cannot extend the mastery of the government over the daily working life of a people without at the same time making it the master of the people's souls and thoughts. Every expansion of government in business means that government in order to protect itself from the political consequences of its errors and wrongs is driven irresistibly without peace to greater and greater control of the nation's press and platform. Free speech does not live many hours after free industry and free commerce die.

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