Quotes from Hubert H. Humphrey

The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.

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.

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

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

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

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

I learned more about economics from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years in college.

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 Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.

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.

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

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

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 shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.

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

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

The moral test of government is how it 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.