Herbert Hoover Quotes

Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.

I don't want to be identified by any one role I do.

Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty.

You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will, and it's your birthright.

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Everybody has the right to be who they choose to be.

The greatness of this country lies in how every single person can exercise their right to be himself or herself.

Freedom resides within the soul.

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.

Freedom is the possibility of development, of enhancement of one's life - or the possibility of withdrawing, shutting oneself up, denying and stultifying one's growth.

Individual freedoms are the primary engine by which the pursuit of happiness can be maximally instantiated.

You can't tell me to stop being me. As long as there's something out there for me, or somebody offers me something that's reasonable, people that I want to fight, not just anybody, it's gotta make sense... but as long as those fights come around, I will continue to keep being me.

Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay the price.

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

Those who fear that we are losing our individualism couldn't be more wrong: Americans have never been more free to create and recreate themselves.

I must be allowed to be as I am.

You have to live through things. You can't have other people telling you to do that and do this. It's important to live through things.

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits.

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.