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Hubert H. Humphrey
May 27, 1911 - January 13, 1978
Nationality: American
Category: Politician
Subcategory: American Politician

There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.

   

Never answer a question from a farmer.

   

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.

   

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

   

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

   

The President is the people's lobbyist.

   

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.

   

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.

   

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

   

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

   

Never give in and never give up.

   

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

   

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

   

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

   

Never give up on anybody.

   

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

   

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

   

National isolation breeds national neurosis.

   

We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.

   

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

   

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