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31st U S President Inspirational Quotes (134)

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Hunger is the mother of anarchy.
Herbert Hoover
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I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance both in act and in spirit.
Herbert Hoover
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The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources in the prevention of wasteful practices.
Herbert Hoover
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The job is nothing but a twenty-ring circus-with a whole lot of bad actors.
Herbert Hoover
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Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitivities to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invading armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior.
Herbert Hoover
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Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.
Herbert Hoover
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We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government.
Herbert Hoover
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Please find me a one-armed economist so we will not always hear, On the other hand...
Herbert Hoover
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I 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 Hoover
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Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
Herbert Hoover
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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
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Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.
Herbert Hoover
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Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
Herbert Hoover
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Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.
Herbert Hoover
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It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.
Herbert Hoover
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The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people. Within it is room for every variety of opinion, every possible experiment in social progress. Out of such variety comes growth, but only if we preserve and maintain our spiritual solidarity.
Herbert Hoover
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The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.
Herbert Hoover
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There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
Herbert Hoover
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My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere.
Herbert Hoover
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Truly every generation discovers the world all new again and knows it can improve it.
Herbert Hoover
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Fishing is more than fish it is the vitalizing lure to outdoor life.
Herbert Hoover
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Any practice of business which would dominate the country by its own selfish interest is a destruction of equality of opportunity. Government in business, except in emergency, is also a destruction of equal opportunity and the incarnation of tyranny through bureaucracy.
Herbert Hoover
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Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.
Herbert Hoover
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I outlived the bastards.
Herbert Hoover
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