More than ten million women march to work every morning side by side with the men. Steadily the importance of women is gaining notonly in the routine tasks of industry but in executive responsibility. I include also the woman who stays at home as the guardian of the welfare of the family. She is a partner in the job and wages. Women constitute a part of our industrial achievement.
Herbert HooverThere are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.
Herbert HooverAlong with currency manipulation, the New Deal introduced to Americans the spectacle of Fascist dictation to business, labor, and agriculture.
Herbert HooverThe study of this Book in your Bible classes is a post-graduate course in the richest library of human experience.
Herbert HooverThe use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.
Herbert HooverThe more complex the problems of the Nation become, the greater is the need for more and more advanced instruction.
Herbert HooverThe great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his shortcomings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned.
Herbert HooverEconomic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.
Herbert HooverIt is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a symbol of the nation and that leaders in a nation may differ in their own house but they have instant solidarity in the presence of foreign attack
Herbert HooverI am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.
Herbert HooverI am interested to learn that a group of distinguished men and women is to be formed to spread knowledge and appreciation of the rehabilitation which is going forward in Palestine under Jewish auspices, and to add my expression to the sentiment among our people in favor of the realization of the age-old aspirations of the Jewish people for the restoration of their national homeland.
Herbert HooverYou cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts.... Every step in that direction poisons the very roots of liberalism. It poisons political equality, free speech, free press, and equality of opportunity. It is the road not to more liberty but to less liberty.
Herbert HooverAny lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.
Herbert HooverAmerica - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
Herbert HooverThe spark of liberty in the mind and spirit of man cannot be long extinguished; it will break into flames that will destroy every coercion which seems to limit 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 HooverMy country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.
Herbert HooverWhen the outcome of a meeting is to have another meeting, it has been a lousy meeting.
Herbert HooverCompetition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.
Herbert HooverThe sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise.
Herbert HooverPlease find me a one-armed economist so we will not always hear, "On the other hand..."
Herbert HooverWe supported the cooperative movement among farmers. The movement was still young and stubbornly opposed to the commercial distributors. I believed it to be one of the most helpful undertakings, for according to my social theories any organization run by citizens for their own welfare is preferable to the same action by the government.
Herbert HooverNational character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.
Herbert HooverFishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
Herbert HooverAbsolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.
Herbert HooverI have on numerous occasions, as you know, expressed my sympathy in the establishment of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine and, despite the set-backs caused by the disorders there during the last few years, I have been heartened by the progress which has been made and by the remarkable accomplishments of the Jewish settlers in that country.
Herbert HooverThe more one observes, the more clearly does he see that it is in the soil of pure science that are found the origins of all our modern industry and commerce. In fact,our civilization is wholly built upon our scientific discoveries.
Herbert HooverEvery collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "Emergency". It was a tactic of Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini.... The invasion of New Deal Collectivism was introduced by this same Trojan horse.
Herbert HooverFishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames our wickedness. It is discipline in the equality of men--for all men are equal before fish.
Herbert HooverFreedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
Herbert HooverThere is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom.
Herbert HooverOur social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here that the higher purposes of individualism must find their sustenance.
Herbert Hoover