Every generation has the right to build its own world out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of the future.
Herbert HooverUnless the U.N. is completely reorganized without the Communist nations in it, we should get out of it.
Herbert HooverWhile I can make no claim for having introduced the term "rugged individualism," I should be proud to have invented it. It has been used by American leaders for over a half-century in eulogy of those God-fearing men and women of honesty whose stamina and character and fearless assertion of rights led them to make their own way in life.
Herbert HooverThe sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise.
Herbert HooverEngineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer's high privilege.
Herbert Hoover