Hubert H. Humphrey Quotes

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Hubert H. Humphrey

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 27, 1911

Never give in and never give up.

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

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

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

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

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

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

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

Hubert H. Humphrey

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 H. Humphrey

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

Hubert H. Humphrey

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

Hubert H. Humphrey

The President is the people's lobbyist.

Hubert H. Humphrey

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