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

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

Herbert Hoover

Death, Peace, War

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

Herbert Hoover

Jobs, War, Men

"31st President Achieved Prominence in Four Major Careers During His Lifetime". www.nytimes.com. Ooctober 21, 1964.

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

Herbert Hoover

War, Gun, Men

Herbert Hoover (1951). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950”

One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.

Herbert Hoover

War, Presidential, Maintenance

Herbert Hoover (1952). “Memoirs: The cabinet and the presidency, 1920-1933”

There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.

Herbert Hoover

War, People, Presidential

Herbert Hoover (1946). “Addresses Upon the Road: World War II, 1941-1945”

. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.

Herbert Hoover

Peace, War, Sorrow

"Addresses Upon the Road: World War II, 1941-1945".

I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.

Herbert Hoover

War, Influence, Proportion

United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover), Herbert Hoover (1974). “Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

In the large sense the primary cause of the Great Depression was the war of 1914-1918. Without the war there would have been no depression of such dimensions. There might have been a normal cyclical recession; but, with the usual timing, even that readjustment probably would not have taken place at that particular period, nor would it have been a "Great Depression.

Herbert Hoover

War, Taken, Usual

Herbert Hoover (1952). “The great depression, 1929-1941”