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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Age: 66 †
Born: 1911
Born: May 27
Died: 1978
Died: January 13
Pharmacist
Politician
Trade Unionist
Wallace
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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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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I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.
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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. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory in defeat. The hardest job for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an extreme position.
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The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.
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As we begin to comprehend that the earth itself is a kind of manned spaceship hurtling through the infinity of space ~ it will seem increasingly absurd that we have not better organized the life of the human family.
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Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.
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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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What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.
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The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America.
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The measure of a civilization is how it treats those at the dawn of life, the margins of life and the twilight of life.
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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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If today there is a proper American sphere of influence it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.
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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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My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side.
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The President is the peoples lobbyist.
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What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.
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History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.
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If the Senator can find in Title VII any language which provides that an employer will have to hire on the basis of percentage or quota related to color, race, religion, or national origin, I will start eating the pages one after another, because it is not in there.
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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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