The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women.
Herbert HooverWe cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.
Herbert HooverA splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril to liberty, our high duty is to see that this storehouse is not robbed of its contents.
Herbert HooverBut I would emphasize again that social and economic solutions, as such, will not avail to satisfy the aspirations of the people unless they conform with the traditions of our race, deeply grooved in their sentiments through a century and a half of struggle for ideals of life that are rooted in religion and fed from purely spiritual springs.
Herbert Hoover