Best Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey (Top 10)
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The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
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The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
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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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Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
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Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
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Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
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It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.
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Never give in and never give up.
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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.
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Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from every part of the world and converting them into standardized, homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity — an America all the richer for the many different and distinctive strands of which it is woven.
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More Hubert H. Humphrey Quotes
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The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
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There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.
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Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.
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The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
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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.
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We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice - however much we might desire it.
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We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.
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Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.
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There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.
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The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect; in execution, the labors of many.
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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.
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Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.
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