When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.
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 HooverThrough baseball we channel boys desire for exercise and let off their explosive violence without letting them get into the police court.
Herbert HooverIt is obvious that while science is struggling to bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in the construction of Hell.
Herbert HooverIt is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a symbol of the nation and that leaders in a nation may differ in their own house but they have instant solidarity in the presence of foreign attack
Herbert HooverThe party should stand for a constantly wider diffusion of property. That is the greatest social and economic security that can come to free men. It makes free men. We want a nation of proprietors, not a state of collectivists. That is attained by creating a national wealth and income, not by destroying it. The income and estate taxes create an orderly movement to diffuse swollen fortunes more effectively than all the quacks.
Herbert Hoover