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

Hubert Humphrey

Politicians and Politics
2

American public opinion is like an ocean -- it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

Hubert Humphrey

Public opinion
3

Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

Hubert Humphrey

Mother-in-law
4

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

Hubert Humphrey

Children
5

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 Humphrey

Nuclear Age
6

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.

Hubert Humphrey

Multiculturalism
7

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

Hubert Humphrey

Debate
8

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

Hubert Humphrey

Freedom
9

History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better -- and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.

Hubert Humphrey

Revolutions and Revolutionaries
10

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 Humphrey

Congress
11

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

Hubert Humphrey

Economy and Economics
12

I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.

Hubert Humphrey

Respectability
13

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 Humphrey

Dissatisfaction
14

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.

Hubert Humphrey

Names
15

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

Hubert Humphrey

Democracy
16

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

Hubert Humphrey

Leaders and Leadership
17

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation -- emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination... from poverty.

Hubert Humphrey

Liberals
18

National isolation breeds national neurosis.

Hubert Humphrey

Isolation
19

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Hubert Humphrey

Politicians and Politics
20

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts -- it's what you do with what you have left.

Hubert Humphrey

Revolutions and Revolutionaries
21

People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in languages we once classified as exotic but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.

Hubert Humphrey

Third World
22

Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.

Hubert Humphrey

Profits
23

Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.

Hubert Humphrey

Propaganda
24

The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy -- when properly aged.

Hubert Humphrey

Heresy
25

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

Hubert Humphrey

Politicians and Politics
26

The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.

Hubert Humphrey

Individuality
27

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Hubert Humphrey

Friends and Friendship
28

The heroes of the world community are not those who withdraw when difficulties ensue, not those who can envision neither the prospect of success nor the consequence of failure -- but those who stand the heat of battle, the fight for world peace through the United Nations.

Hubert Humphrey

United Nations
29

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

Hubert Humphrey

Neighbors
30

The President is the people's lobbyist.

Hubert Humphrey

President
31

The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.

Hubert Humphrey

Peace
32

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

Hubert Humphrey

Listening
33

There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.

Hubert Humphrey

Human Spirit
34

There are those who say to you -- we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

Hubert Humphrey

Civil and political rights
35

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.

Hubert Humphrey

Wilderness
36

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 Humphrey

Example
37

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

Hubert Humphrey

Reality
38

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

Hubert Humphrey

Pollution
39

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

Hubert Humphrey

Cities and City Life
40

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.

Hubert Humphrey

Law and Lawyers
41

When people generally are aware of a problem, it can be said to have entered the public consciousness. When people get on their hind legs and holler, the problem has not only entered the public consciousness -- it has also become a part of the public conscience. At that point, things in our democracy begin to hum.

Hubert Humphrey

Controversy

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

American public opinion is like an ocean -- it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

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

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.

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

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better -- and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.

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.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.

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.

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

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

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation -- emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination... from poverty.

National isolation breeds national neurosis.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts -- it's what you do with what you have left.

Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.

Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.

The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy -- when properly aged.

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

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

The heroes of the world community are not those who withdraw when difficulties ensue, not those who can envision neither the prospect of success nor the consequence of failure -- but those who stand the heat of battle, the fight for world peace through the United Nations.

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

The President is the people's lobbyist.

The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.

There are those who say to you -- we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

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.

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.

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

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

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