Hubert H. Humphrey Quotes

American - Politician | May 27, 1911 - January 13, 1978

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.

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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.

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

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The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.

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

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

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

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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 President is the people's lobbyist.

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