Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.

A Republican, as Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s he introduced Progressive Era themes of efficiency in the business community and provided government support for standardization, efficiency and international trade.

Date of birth:
10th August, 1874
Date of death:
20th October, 1964
"It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): Business
"It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): War
"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): Men
"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): Respect
"I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): History
"Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): Wisdom
"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): Great
"New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): Science
"All men are equal before fish."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): Funny
"The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office."
― Herbert Hoover
Topic(s): Politics

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