A collection of quotes and thoughts by Herbert Hoover on individualism, depression, devastation, power, prosperity, famous, great, corner, broaden, executive and politics
23 Top Herbert Hoover Quotes That Still Hold True
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31st U.S. President
Founder / Co Founder
Hoover Institution, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Federal Home Loan Banks, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Consolidated Zinc, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Council on Foreign Relations, UNICEF, Commission for Relief in Belgium
Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States during the ‘Great Depression from 1929 to 1933. He was also an illustrious businessman and engineer besides being a renowned politician. He is accredited with introducing ‘Progressive Era’ themes of efficiency in the business community. He also provided government support for international trade, standardization and efficiency, however, his ambitious programs vanquished by the ‘Great Depression’. Hoover is however not ranked very highly in the historical rankings of Presidents of America. Yet, whatever he has said has through his speeches, work and life are till date quoted. We have created a corpus of thoughts, sayings, words, opinions and viewpoints that Herbert Hoover shared through his works and life on dignity, business, action, freedom, sports, window, war, government, soul, competition, soul, resource, natural, poverty, unity, future, history, finance and more. Go through the quotes and sayings by Herbert Hoover which will give you a glimpse of his political mind.
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.
- Herbert Hoover
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
Children are our greatest natural resource.
- Herbert Hoover
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
- Herbert Hoover
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
- Herbert Hoover
All men are equal before fish.
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The only problem with capitalism is the capitalists.
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Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.
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Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
- Herbert Hoover![]()
Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement
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Children are our most valuable resource.
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Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.
(on the birth of his granddaughter)
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Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.
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No one ever listened themselves out of a job.
- The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover : the Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933, Herbert Hoover![]()
Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.
- Herbert Hoover
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I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named after him.
- Herbert Hoover![]()
America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
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Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
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One has to bear in mind that one of the tactics of revolution is to destroy one's predecessors in authority at any cost or hazard.
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...the wreckage of representative government is strewn with broken promises.
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I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.
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Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in time.
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The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damned greedy.
- Herbert Hoover
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