Hubert H. Humphrey

Politician

1911-05-27 – 1978-01-13

Hubert H. Humphrey was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States and as a U.S. senator from Minnesota. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1968.

Books by Hubert H. Humphrey

The Political Philosophy of the New Deal
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Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey

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.
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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.
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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 to join us.
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I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.
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I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.
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The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
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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.
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Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
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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 to join us.
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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.
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A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.
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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.
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To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
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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.
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The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.
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To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.
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Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
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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.
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I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years at college.
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The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
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