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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.
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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The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America.
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We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
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Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
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Like many things in our national life, we miscalculated. We overestimated our ability to control events, which is one of the great dangers of a great power. Power tends to be a substitute for judgment and wisdom.
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