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31st U.S. President

Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, was born on August 10, 1874, and died on October 20, 1964. A distinguished engineer, businessman, and philanthropist, he served as the United States Secretary of Commerce and as the Director of the United States Food Administration during World War I. As President, Hoover implemented a series of policies aimed at alleviating the Great Depression, but his approach was widely criticized.

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“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.”

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Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

“Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of the sacredness of every human life. On the religious side, its highest embodiment is the Bible; on the political side, the Constitution.”

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“The greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly its own - our American system.”

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Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

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

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Book:Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955

Source: Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955

“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.”

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

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

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

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Book:Addresses Upon the American Road

Source: Addresses Upon the American Road

“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.”

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Book:Addresses Upon the American Road

Source: Addresses Upon the American Road

“Liberalism should be found not striving to spread bureaucracy but striving to set bounds to it. True liberalism seeks all legitimate freedom first in the confident belief that without such freedom the pursuit of all other blessings and benefits is vain. That belief is the foundation of all American progress, political as well as economic.”

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Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

“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.”

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Book:October 1, 1931, to March 4, 1933

Source: October 1, 1931, to March 4, 1933

“You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts.... Every step in that direction poisons the very roots of liberalism. It poisons political equality, free speech, free press, and equality of opportunity. It is the road not to more liberty but to less liberty.”

Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

“Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "Emergency". It was a tactic of Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini.... The invasion of New Deal Collectivism was introduced by this same Trojan horse.”

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Book:Memoirs: The great depression, 1929-1941

Source: Memoirs: The great depression, 1929-1941

About the Author

Born: August 10, 1874
Died: October 20, 1964
Known for: 31st U.S. President
Quotes: 234

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Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the PresidentRelated source material

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