Herbert Hoover Quotes About Politics

Quotes about: Politics

• When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

  Herbert Hoover

  Jobs, War, Men

  "31st President Achieved Prominence in Four Major Careers During His Lifetime". www.nytimes.com. Ooctober 21, 1964.

• Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.

  Herbert Hoover

  Country, Horse, Men

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “Memoirs: The great depression, 1929-1941”

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

  Herbert Hoover

  Government, People, Political

  Herbert Hoover (1955). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955”

• Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

  Herbert Hoover

  Death, Peace, War

• The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

  Herbert Hoover

  Party, America, People

  Hoover, Herbert (1974). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Herbert Hoover, 1929”, p.554, Best Books on

• Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

  Herbert Hoover

  Silence, Presidential, Acting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

  Herbert Hoover

  Christmas, Dark, Political

  Address to the John Marshall Republican Club, St. Louis, Missouri, December 16, 1935.

• We 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 Hoover

  Running, Wisdom, Government

• There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

  Herbert Hoover

  Prayer, Fishing, Two

  Herbert Hoover (1946). “Addresses Upon the American Road”

• Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

  Herbert Hoover

  Doors, Evil, President

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “The Cabinet and the Presidency, 1920-1933”

• You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes on our side.

  Herbert Hoover

  Political, Politics, Sides

  Herbert Hoover (1934). “October 1, 1931, to March 4, 1933”

• Liberalism is a force truly of the spirit proceeding from the deep realization that economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

  Herbert Hoover

  Wisdom, Political, Realization

  United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover), Herbert Hoover (1974). “Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

• The party should stand for a constantly wider diffusion of property. That is the greatest social and economic security that can come to free men. It makes free men. We want a nation of proprietors, not a state of collectivists. That is attained by creating a national wealth and income, not by destroying it. The income and estate taxes create an orderly movement to diffuse swollen fortunes more effectively than all the quacks.

  Herbert Hoover

  Wisdom, Party, Men

  Herbert Hoover (1938). “Addresses upon the American road”

• The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

  Herbert Hoover

  Children, Office, Nerd

  "On Growing Up: Letters to American Boys and Girls". Book by Herbert Hoover, 1962.

• 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 Hoover

  Morning, Jobs, Women

  Herbert Hoover (1929). “The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928”, p.63, Stanford University Press

• New discoveries in science and their flow of new inventions will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

  Herbert Hoover

  Travel, Adventure, Discovery

  "Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950".

• In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual welfare of our people. The participation of women in elections has produced a keener realization of the importance of these questions and has contributed to higher national ideals. Moreover, it is through them that our national ideals are ingrained in our children.

  Herbert Hoover

  Children, Women, Responsibility

  "The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover". Book by Herbert Hoover, 1929.

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