An ideal is an unselfish aspiration. Its purpose is the general welfare not only of this but of future generations. It is a thing of the spirit. It is a generous and humane desire that all men may share equally in a common good. Our ideals are the cement, which binds human society.
Herbert HooverThe greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly its own - our American system.
Herbert HooverThere are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
Herbert Hoover