Top 160 Herbert Hoover Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “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

52. “New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.”

— Herbert Hoover

53. “The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.”

— Herbert Hoover

55. “True American Liberalism utterly denies the whole creed of socialism.”

— Herbert Hoover

56. “Fishing is the chance to wash one’s soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames our wickedness. It is discipline in the equality of men – for all men are equal before fish.”

— Herbert Hoover

57. “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

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

— Herbert Hoover

59. “Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of EMERGENCY.”

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

61. “A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.”

— Herbert Hoover

62. “Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.”

— Herbert Hoover

63. “The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.”

— Herbert Hoover

64. “While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover.”

— Herbert Hoover

65. “Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!”

— Herbert Hoover

66. “Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.”

— Herbert Hoover

67. “The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.”

— Herbert Hoover

68. “Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.”

— Herbert Hoover

69. “The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children.”

— Herbert Hoover

70. “Hunger is the mother of anarchy.”

— Herbert Hoover

71. “Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.”

— Herbert Hoover

72. “Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.”

— Herbert Hoover

73. “In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.”

— Herbert Hoover

74. “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

75. “Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.”

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

77. “Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves.”

— Herbert Hoover

78. “The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.”

— Herbert Hoover

79. “The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all laws.”

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

81. “I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.”

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

83. “Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.”

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

85. “Along with currency manipulation, the New Deal introduced to Americans the spectacle of Fascist dictation to business, labor, and agriculture.”

— Herbert Hoover

86. “Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of crime is among those deprived of the regenerations that impregnate the mind and character of the fisherman.”

— Herbert Hoover

87. “The study of the Bible is a post-graduate course in the richest library of human experience.”

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Herbert Hoover

89. “There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.”

— Herbert Hoover

90. “The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.”

— Herbert Hoover

91. “Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.”

— Herbert Hoover

92. “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

93. “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

94. “Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing – and they cannot pray all the time!”

— Herbert Hoover

95. “I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence.”

— Herbert Hoover

96. “Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.”

— Herbert Hoover

97. “The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources; in the prevention of wasteful practices.”

— Herbert Hoover

98. “We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government.”

— Herbert Hoover

99. “The outlook of the world today is for the greatest era of commercial expansion in history. The rest of the world will become better customers.”

— Herbert Hoover

100. “Children add to the wonder of being alive.”

— Herbert Hoover