Famous Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey (41 Quotations)

People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in languages we once classified as ''exotic'' but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Third World]

Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Profits]

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

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Propaganda]

The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy — when properly aged.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Heresy]

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

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Politicians and Politics]

The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Individuality]

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Friends and Friendship]

The heroes of the world community are not those who withdraw when difficulties ensue, not those who can envision neither the prospect of success nor the consequence of failure — but those who stand the heat of battle, the fight for world peace through the United Nations.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [United Nations]

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

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Neighbors]

The President is the people's lobbyist.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [President]

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.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Peace]

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

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Listening]

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

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Human Spirit]

There are those who say to you — we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Civil Rights]

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.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Wilderness]

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.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Example]

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

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Reality]

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Pollution]

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 – [Cities and City Life]

We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice — however much we might desire it.

Hubert H. Humphrey – [Law and Lawyers]