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Though everyone has an equal right to speak, not all have earned an equal right to be taken seriously.
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Age: 66 †
Born: 1911
Born: May 27
Died: 1978
Died: January 13
Pharmacist
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South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey
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