"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s):
Respect
― Herbert Hoover
More From Herbert Hoover
- "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."
- "It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business."
- "I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him."
More In Respect
- "The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha’s atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah."― Walter Kaufmann
- "Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?"― Robert Casey
- "Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain’t funny!"― Mitch Hedberg