The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.
Herbert HooverOur individualism is rooted in our very nature. It is based on conviction born of experience. Equal opportunity, the demand for a fair chance, became the formula of American Individualism because it is the method of American achievement.
Herbert HooverWe cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.
Herbert HooverEvery collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.
Herbert Hoover