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. Hubert Humphrey
Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble. Hubert Humphrey
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. Hubert Humphrey
Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. Hubert Humphrey
Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on. Hubert Humphrey
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. Hubert Humphrey
Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man. Hubert Humphrey
I learned more about economics from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years at college. Hubert Humphrey
I’ve never thought my speeches were too long – I’ve enjoyed all of them. Hubert Humphrey
Leadership in today’s world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table. Hubert Humphrey
National isolation breeds national neurosis. Hubert Humphrey
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. Hubert Humphrey
Slumism is the pent-up anger of people living on the outside of affluence. Slumism is decay of structure and deterioration of the human spirit. Slumism is a virus which spreads through the body politic. As other ‘isms’, it breeds disorder and demagoguery and hate. Hubert Humphrey
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 Humphrey
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. Hubert Humphrey
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. Hubert Humphrey
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. Hubert Humphrey
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 aged; and those in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. Hubert Humphrey
The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one. Hubert Humphrey
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey Quotes
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 Humphrey
The vast number of titles which are published each year – all of them are to the good, even if some of them may annoy or even repel us for a time. For none of us would trade freedom of expression and of ideas for the narrowness of the public censor. America is a free market for people who have something to say, and need not fear to say it. Hubert Humphrey
There are those who say to you – we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. Hubert Humphrey
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 Humphrey
To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed. Hubert Humphrey
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society. Hubert Humphrey
We are in danger … of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost. Hubert Humphrey