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Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.
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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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey
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The history of the labor movement needs to be taught in every school in this land. America is a living testimonial to what free men and women, organized in free democratic trade unions can do to make a better life. We ought to be proud of it!
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More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute.
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To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
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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.
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You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?
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A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.
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Our greatest songs are still unsung.
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It is better to gain a foot than to stand still, even when you seek to gain a mile.
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I wish to suggest that ample opportunity does exist for dissent, for protest, and for nonconformity. But I must also say that the right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
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Though everyone has an equal right to speak, not all have earned an equal right to be taken seriously.
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There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.
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