Herbert Hoover
In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual welfare of our people. The participation of women in elections has produced a keener realization of the importance of these questions and has contributed to higher national ideals. Moreover, it is through them that our national ideals are ingrained in our children.Collection: Children
No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests of what makes free men.Collection: Men
I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.Collection: Baseball
Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)Collection: Granddaughter
Truly every generation discovers the world all new again and knows it can improve it.Collection: Generations
Through baseball we channel boys desire for exercise and let off their explosive violence without letting them get into the police court.Collection: Baseball
The party should stand for a constantly wider diffusion of property. That is the greatest social and economic security that can come to free men. It makes free men. We want a nation of proprietors, not a state of collectivists. That is attained by creating a national wealth and income, not by destroying it. The income and estate taxes create an orderly movement to diffuse swollen fortunes more effectively than all the quacks.Collection: Wisdom
America – a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.Collection: Country