Herbert Clark Hoover

"Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt. "

"Children are our most valuable natural resource. "

"I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named for him. "

"It is a curious fact that when we get sick we want an uncommon doctor... When we get into a war, we dreadfully want an uncommon admiral and an uncommon general. Only when we get into politics are we content with the common man. "

"Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe. "

"No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. "

"Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a world-wide depression all by myself. "

"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. "

"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. "

"Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next. "