Herbert Clark Hoover Famous Quotes
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a world-wide depression all by myself.
"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing."
"Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt."
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.
"Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe."
"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned."
Children are our most valuable natural resource.
I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named for him.
"It is a curious fact that when we get sick we want an uncommon doctor... When we get into a war, we dreadfully want an uncommon admiral and an uncommon general. Only when we get into politics are we content with the common man."
Herbert Clark Hoover Quotations
"When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom"
Laurie Anderson
"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."
Virginia
"Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us."
Plotinus
"What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt"
Kahlil Gibran
"Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot."
Alexander Pope
The longest journey is the journey inward.
Dag Hammarskjld
A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.
Lucan
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob Dylan
"If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place."
Orison Swett Marden
My final warning to you is always pay for your own drinks. All the scandals in the world of politics today have their cause in the despicable habit of swallowing free drinks.
Y Yakigawa