Herbert Hoover

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.

Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)

All men are equal before fish.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

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.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

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

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.

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.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

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

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.