Hubert H. Humphrey

Quotes

• “It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the ...”
• “Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply ...”
• “The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twil...”
• “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 ...”
• “For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present an...”
• “Johnson had a sense of humor, and he could kid with me,” he would say. “Johnson didn’t enjoy talking with most liberals....”
• “I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in an...”
• “The good old days were never that good believe me. The good new days are today and better days are coming tomorrow. Ou...”
• “A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in pub...”
• “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 t...”
• “The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.”
• “Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.”
• “Oh my friend it's not what they take away from you that counts-it's what you do with what you have left.”
• “The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.”
• “Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart-it's all a man has.”
• “Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.”
• “Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.”
• “To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.”
• “Never give in and never give up.”