“The engineer performs many public functions from which he gets only ph...” — Herbert Hoover Quote

“The engineer performs many public functions from which he gets only philosophical satisfactions. Most people do not know it, but he is an economic and social force.”

“Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.”

“The opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university. I began by working with my own hands for my daily bread.”

“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.”

“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.”

“Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.”

“I think we can reform Social Security without raising taxes, which is better for economic growth.”

“No economic system is perfect. But the American Free Enterprise system has empowered millions of people in the past. I know, because I saw it with my own eyes.”

“One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized.”

“But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.”

“Individual scientists cannot do much on their own. Heads of nations, corporates, and economic giants should recognise the criticality of it.”

“To understand the Left, one must understand that in its view the greatest evil is material inequality. The Left is more troubled by economic inequality than by evil as humanity has generally understood the term.”