Herbert Hoover Quotes
1874–1964 United States
Herbert Clark Hoover (10 August 1874 – 20 October 1964) was the 31st president of the United States (1929–33). He was a professional mining engineer and was raised as a Quaker.
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Also known as: Hoover, Herbert
38 quotes
Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
The use of the atomic bomb with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.
I’m the only person of distinction who’s ever had a depression named for him.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
No country can squander itself to prosperity on the ruin of its taxpayers.
Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Herbert Hoover (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.