Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Friendship

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Love

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

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Success

Never give in and never give up.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Life

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Life

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Freedom

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

Success

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

Life

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

Never give up on anybody.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Success

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Courage

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Freedom

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.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Wisdom