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The road to freedom, here and everywhere, begins in the classroom.
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Age: 66 †
Born: 1911
Born: May 27
Died: 1978
Died: January 13
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South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America.
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Hubert Humphrey with kidsBe clear where America stands. Human brotherhood and equal opportunity for every man, woman, and child, we are committed to it, in America and around the world.
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What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
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We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.
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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.
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