Presidential Quotes: Herbert Hoover

 Herbert Hoover, 31st US President

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”

“My 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.”

“Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.”

“When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.”

“Please find me a one-armed economist so we will not always hear, "On the other hand..."”

“About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.”

“We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.”

“Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.”

“Children are our most valuable natural resource.”

“The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.”

“You 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.”

“A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.”

“The Constitution is America's glue, Democracy is the Constitution's glue.”

“The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise.”

“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.”

“It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.”

“There 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...”