Herbert Hoover Quotes

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

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.

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.

Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.

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.

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

Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitivities to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invading armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior.

We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government.

Never worry about anything that is past. Charge it up to experience and forget the trouble. There are always plenty of troubles ahead, so don't turn and look back on any behind you.

Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.

There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.

The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.

Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are the freshest from the hand of god.

We need to add to the three R's, namely Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic, a fourth--- RESPONSIBILITY.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.

Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.