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Hubert H. Humphrey

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

alone

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

business

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

change

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

courage

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

freedom

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

freedom

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

friendship

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

friendship

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

future

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

future

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

good

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

good

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

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government

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

government

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

government

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

history

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

knowledge

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

leadership

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

life

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

life

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

love

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

marriage

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

movingon

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

nature

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

politics

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

politics

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

politics

We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

politics

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

power

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

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society

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

time

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

-Hubert H. Humphrey

war

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

Hubert H. Humphrey

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

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