Herbert Hoover Quotes
I am more depressed and troubled than I ever have been in my life. All my life I have been connected with the God-fearing people of this country…and I feel now that I have made a decision which will affront them and make them feel that I have betrayed them.
Hoover had to cope with the Great Depression. His administration was hapless in improving the economy as he was in a philosophical bind in that he was opposed in principle to doing almost anything that would help the situation. He just did not believe that government should engage in the activities that were necessary. When FDR assumed the Presidency, it still took him 8 years to create a recovery and without WWII, it might have taken longer. It was a terrible dilemma for Hoover, because he was a very intelligent and sensitive man and this quotation illustrates the agony he was in. Critics of Hoover, observe that many millions of Americans were far worse off and his “dilemma” was an irresponsible one—his failure to do much was a great cause of American suffering.
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964, 31st President of the United States (Republican, IA), Statement to Henry L. Stimson, August 11, 1932
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Hoover had to cope with the Great Depression. His administration was hapless in improving the economy as he was in a philosophical bind in that he was opposed in principle to doing almost anything that would help the situation. He just did not believe that government should engage in the activities that were necessary. His 1932 campaign had him trying to explain his thinking as to why government should not do much. Stimson and many other Republicans disagreed as so many Americans were suffering so badly. However, most publicly supported their party’s President even as many had private misgivings. Hoover was thrown out of office in an FDR landslide win. His policies government activist policies and programs improved the economy but it tool almost a decade to recover.
The Emperor hung himself rather than fall into the hands of the rebel Li Tzu-ch`eng. This ended the Ming Dynasty
He served a long jail sentence and was released.
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American politician, businessman, and engineer, who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression. Before serving as president, Hoover led the Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the third U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
