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 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

Life, Government, Children

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

Friendship, Life, Greatest

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Moving On, Love, Friendship

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

Compassion, Socialism, Weakness

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

Successful, Wife, Proud

Never give in and never give up.
Hubert H. Humphrey

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

Future, Past, Concern

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Politics, Someone, Human

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 H. Humphrey

Life, Important, Real

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

Work, Good, Hard

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Away, Left, Counts

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

Freedom, Debate, Discussion

Never give up on anybody.
Hubert H. Humphrey

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

Successful, Behind, Stands

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

Seriously, Taken, Heard

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

Government, Hand, Neighbor

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

Life, Business, Real

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

Marriage, Politics, Government

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

True, Effective, Propaganda

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Today, Realistic, Visionary

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

War, Today, Brother

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Freedom, Known, Virus

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

Life, Change, Old

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

Life, Nature, Public

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

Cannot, Opinion, American

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: May 27, 1911

Died: January 13, 1978

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