There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
Herbert HooverAbove all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.
Herbert HooverEngineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the world if more men had that sort of mental start in life even if they did not pursue the profession.
Herbert HooverMenaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of the sacredness of every human life. On the religious side, its highest embodiment is the Bible; on the political side, the Constitution.
Herbert Hoover