"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. "
- Herbert Hoover
"When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it."
"My country ... gave me schooling independence of action and opportunity for service. ... I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay."
"Words without actions are the assassins of idealism."
"If the law is upheld only by government officials then all law is at an end."
"Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by mself."
"When I decided to go into politics I weighed the cost: I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when the virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it."
"Prosperity is just around the corner."
"Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt."