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~ Herbert Hoover Quotes ~
« on: October 20, 2014, 11:18:22 AM »
Herbert Hoover Quotes


The 31st President of the United States.
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933). Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business under the rubric "economic modernization". In the presidential election of 1928, Hoover easily won the Republican nomination, despite having no previous elected office experience. 

Here are some famous quotes by Herbert Hoover. 




Prosperity is just around the corner.
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« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2014, 11:19:19 AM »
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2014, 11:20:27 AM »
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2014, 11:20:54 AM »
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
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« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2014, 11:21:22 AM »
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2014, 11:22:18 AM »
If the law is upheld only by government officials then all law is at an end.
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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2014, 11:22:54 AM »
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2014, 11:23:20 AM »
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2014, 11:24:09 AM »
Where there is a lack of honor in government the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
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« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2014, 11:24:45 AM »
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
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Re: ~ Herbert Hoover Quotes ~
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2014, 11:25:26 AM »
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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Re: ~ Herbert Hoover Quotes ~
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2014, 11:25:56 AM »
My country ... gave me schooling independence of action and opportunity for service. ... I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay.
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« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2014, 11:26:31 AM »
Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by mself.
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Re: ~ Herbert Hoover Quotes ~
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2014, 11:27:18 AM »
When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.
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Re: ~ Herbert Hoover Quotes ~
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2014, 11:27:42 AM »
When I decided to go into politics I weighed the cost: I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when the virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.
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