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.
Herbert HooverNew discoveries in science and their flow of new inventions will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.
Herbert HooverMy boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere.
Herbert HooverThere is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom.
Herbert HooverMan is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They have increased the standards of living and comfort. They have eliminated infinite drudgery. They have increased leisure. But that gives more time for devilment. The work of science has eliminated much disease and suffering. It has increased the length of life. That, together with increase in productivity, has resulted in vastly increased populations. Also it increased the number of people engaged in devilment.
Herbert Hoover