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If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.

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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