When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. – Herbert Hoover
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. – Herbert Hoover
If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end. – Herbert Hoover
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business. – Herbert Hoover
Nature is sanative, refining, elevating. How cunningly she hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses, and violets, and morning dew! Every inch of the mountains is scarred by unimaginable convulsions, yet the new day is purple with the bloom of youth and love. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Progress of Culture”