Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.
Herbert HooverCompetition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.
Herbert HooverGovernments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost.
Herbert HooverI am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of the country together with the localand state governments are unable to find resources with which to prevent hunger and sufferingI will ask the aid of every resource of the Federal Government.... I have the faith in the American people that such a day will not come.
Herbert Hoover