Presidential Quotes - Page 27

• We are indebted to the Book of books (Bible) for our national ideals and institution. Their preservation rests in adhering to it's precepts.

  Herbert Hoover

  Bible, Book, Institutions

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• There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom.

  Herbert Hoover

  Bible, Book, Various

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

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• My Bible tells me that if we train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from it. I think faith and guidance can help fortify a young woman's sense of self, a young man's sense of responsibility, and a sense of reverence all young people for the act of sexual intimacy.

  Barack Obama

  Bible, Children, Responsibility

  Barack Obama (2008). “An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer”, Independent Publishing Group

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• Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.

  William J. Clinton

  Stupid, Ethics, Us President

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1995, Bk. 1, January 1 to June 30, 1995".

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• The next time you see one of those squirrels go near my putting green, take a gun and shoot it

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Stupid, Gun, Squirrels

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• A zebra can not change it's spots.

  Al Gore

  Zebras, Stupid, Spots

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• One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Stupid, Lost

  Prime Time Press Conference on Iraq War, delivered on 13 April 2004 from the East Room of the White House

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• Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.

  Herbert Hoover

  Government, Doubt, Quality

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

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

  Herbert Hoover

  Simple, Government, Speech

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

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• The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women.

  Herbert Hoover

  Men, Needs, Morality

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

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• No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests of what makes free men.

  Herbert Hoover

  Men, Dollars, Tests

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

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• Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.

  Herbert Hoover

  Gun, Criticism, Morality

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

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• No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.

  Herbert Hoover

  Honesty, Men, Land

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

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  The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

  Herbert Hoover

  Economics, Should, Reduction

  Herbert Hoover (1937*). “American ideals and the New deal ... eight addresses upon pressing national problems”

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• We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

  Herbert Hoover

  Debt, Economics, Spending

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

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• Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

  Herbert Hoover

  Opportunity, Government, Competition

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

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• There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.

  Herbert Hoover

  War, People, Illusion

  Herbert Hoover (1946). “Addresses Upon the Road: World War II, 1941-1945”

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• We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

  Herbert Hoover

  War, Gun, Men

  Herbert Hoover (1951). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950”

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• One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.

  Herbert Hoover

  War, Maintenance, World

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “Memoirs: The cabinet and the presidency, 1920-1933”

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• National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.

  Herbert Hoover

  Character, Moral Fiber, Law

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

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• Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.

  Herbert Hoover

  Country, Responsibility, Cities

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

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• It is obvious that while science is struggling to bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in the construction of Hell.

  Herbert Hoover

  Struggle, Science, Men

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• Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

  Herbert Hoover

  Baseball, Impact, Way

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• It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then it elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts of life. That is the engineer's high privilege.

  Herbert Hoover

  Jobs, Moving, Home

  Herbert Hoover (1951). “The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of adventure, 1874-1920”

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• The 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 Hoover

  Mistake, Men, Doctors

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “Memoirs: Years of adventure, 1874-1920”

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