Hubert H. Humphrey Quotes

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• It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

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  Life, Children, Twilight

  Speech at dedication of Hubert H. Humphrey Building,Washington, D.C., 1 Nov. 1977

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• Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

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  Inspirational, Kindness, Compassion

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• When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit saying it .

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  Wisdom, Believe, Justice For All

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• To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

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  Political, Blame Someone, Politics

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The road to freedom, here and everywhere, begins in the classroom.

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  Teaching, Classroom

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• The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

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  Motivational, Life And Love, Freedom

  Speech to National Student Association at Madison, 23 Aug. 1965, in New York Times 24 Aug. 1965, p. 12

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• The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

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  Children, Elderly, Dawn

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• The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

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  Love, Friendship, Christmas

  "Friends" by Sharon Eakes, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2016.

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• When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied.

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  Poverty, Dignity, Persons

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• There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable, and a ruined life is not acceptable.

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  Wisdom, Unemployment, Levels

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• Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

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  Government, President, Anvils

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• Never give in and never give up.

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  Giving Up, Political, Never Give In

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• The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.

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  Song, Believe, New Day

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• It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, and one more safeguard against tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.

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  Gun, America, Government

  "Know Your Lawmaker". Guns magazine, p. 4, February 1960.

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• The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight of their lives is a measure of the quality of a nation.

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  Children, Twilight, Elderly

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• The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

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  Friendship, Family, Government

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

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  Mother, Humor, Successful

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• I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict.

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  Wisdom, Believe, Differences

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• Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.

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  Mean, Prejudice, Poverty

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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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  School, Men, Land

  Address to the Minnesota State AFL-CIO Convention, 1977.

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• Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has.

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  Wisdom, Hope, Integrity

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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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  Wisdom, Should Have, Done

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• Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

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  Wisdom, Mean, Limits

  "On the State of Our Politics - Commencement Message" by Eric Schwartz, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2016.

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• Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from every part of the world and converting them into standardized, homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity -- an America all the richer for the many different and distinctive strands of which it is woven.

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  Wise, Men, Thinking

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