Hubert Humphrey
American politician
Lived from: 1911 - 1978
Category: Politics Country: United States
Born: 27 may 1911 Died: 13 january 1978
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Never answer a question from a farmer.
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Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts - it's what you do with what you have left.
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Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.
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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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The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy - when properly aged.
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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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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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The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
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The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
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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.
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The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
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The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
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The President is the people's lobbyist.
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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 master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.
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The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
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There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.
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There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.
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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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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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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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