Herbert Hoover Quotes
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
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 sort-comings 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.
Older men declare war, but it is the youth that must fight and die.
Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realisation in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer`s high privilege.
America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
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. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope.
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
I`m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
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.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
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.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
