I 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 HooverAbove all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.
Herbert HooverPlease find me a one-armed economist so we will not always hear, "On the other hand..."
Herbert HooverMany women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.
Herbert HooverWe have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
Herbert HooverThere is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom. Whether it be of law, business, morals...he who seeks for guidance...may look inside its covers and find illumination...
Herbert HooverProsperity is no idle expression. It is a job for every worker; it is the safety and safeguard of very business and every home. A continuation of the policies of the Republican party is fundamentally necessary to the future advancement of this progress and to the further building up of this prosperity.
Herbert Hoover