Quote by Herbert Hoover
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a constr

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. – Herbert Hoover

Other quotes by Herbert Hoover

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 myself. – Herbert Hoover

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power
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Honest differences of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy making among free men. – Herbert Hoover

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Unity
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There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. – Herbert Hoover

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respect
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Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. – Paul Wellstone

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I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up. – Nigel Farage

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Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. – George Will

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Its not about division. Its not about politics. My concern is how do we come together? – LeVar Burton

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The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me, the Orchestra and me and the public, between all of us and the city of New York, because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of reference. – Lorin Maazel

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Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. – Thomas Carlyle

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