Herbert Hoover Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

14 Famous Quotes by Herbert Hoover
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“Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.”
Competition Quotes
“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.”
Dictators Quotes
“The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope”
Fishing Quotes
“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.”
Paradox Quotes
“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.”
Finance and economics Quotes
“The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.”
Politics / government Quotes
“I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.”
History Quotes
“No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.”
History Quotes
“The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.”
History Quotes
“The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.”
Boys Quotes
“About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.”
Business Quotes
“Children are our most valuable natural resource.”
Children / youth Quotes
“Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.”
War Quotes
“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.”
Word Quotes
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