Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress. Herbert Hoover More Quotes by Herbert Hoover More Quotes From Herbert Hoover While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States - that is, prosperity. Herbert Hoover i-amfuturecharacterpeople 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 mandaughterteacherson 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 eyesgoodfamilyfood 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 alonemanfreedomsoul The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its charter of freedom. Herbert Hoover alonenewdemocracyfreedom When all the routines and details and the human bores get on our nerves, we just yearn to go away from here to somewhere else. To go fishing is a sound, a valid, and an accepted reason for an escape. It requires no explanation. Herbert Hoover escapedetailsfishingsound Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover ultimatenextknowingwisdom Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty. Herbert Hoover freedompowermenbelieve
