Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness. Herbert Hoover Education
I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries - the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care. Herbert Hoover Family
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. Herbert Hoover Sports
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. Herbert Hoover Government
Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world. Herbert Hoover Freedom
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. Herbert Hoover Politics
The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul. Herbert Hoover Women
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. Herbert Hoover History
Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness. Herbert Hoover Health
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover Wisdom
There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class. You may pigeonhole a man or woman as a farmer or a worker or a professional man or an employer or even a banker. But the son of the farmer will be a doctor or a worker or even a banker, and his daughter a teacher. The son of a worker will be an employer - or maybe president. Herbert Hoover Teacher
It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war. Herbert Hoover War
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. Herbert Hoover War
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business. Herbert Hoover Business