Quotes from Herbert Hoover

The human animal originally came from out-of-doors. When spring begins to move in his bones, he just must get out again. Moreover, as civilization, cement pavements, office buildings, radios have overwhelmed us, the need for regeneration has increased, and the impulses are even stronger.

In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.

Older men declare war. But its the youth who must fight and die!

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.

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.

The supreme purpose of history is a better world.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

Next to religion, baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution

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

When the war closed we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines - doctrines of paternalism and state socialism.

The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damn greedy.

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

The grass will grow in the streets of a hundred cities.

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

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

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

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

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

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

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