Herbert Hoover Quotes

We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas.

From leading the world into the age of democracy to spearheading the technological revolution, America has always been at the forefront of greatness.

It's now our responsibility to prove to ourselves, to other nations, and especially to our children and our grandchildren, that politics is full of fun; politics has some wisdom. Politics is freedom.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

Getting involved in politics was a quest for freedom.

Democracy does not mean perfection. It means a chance to fight for improvement.

I am rather proud of my modest contribution to bringing democracy home.

The fight for democracy relies on community support.

The good news is dollars don't vote, people do.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.

To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.

I launched Imperia at the Statue of Liberty because I wanted to use something symbolic. I like American society because it always wants to do something new and better.

Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.