Hubert H. Humphrey Quotes

"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."
-Hubert H. Humphrey in Dawn quotes.

"In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea."
-Hubert H. Humphrey in Democracy quotes.

"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."
-Hubert H. Humphrey in Hope quotes.

"The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love."
-Hubert H. Humphrey in Friendship quotes.

"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. "
-Hubert H. Humphrey in Government quotes.

"Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"The most powerful case in the country."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"This is a little bit like busting a street drug dealer to get at the Colombian drug cartel."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"The negotiators did a good job, but we have a lot further to go."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"If the tobacco officials had really changed, ... they would not have waited until Minnesota secured a court order to mandate the documents' release, and if tobacco officials had really changed, they would not perpetuate their cover-up by continuing to block our efforts to uncover 39,000 documents containing their deepest, darkest secrets."
-Hubert H. Humphrey

"It's disingenuous for the tobacco industry to claim that this PR stunt proves they are coming clean with the truth, ... It's like Dick Nixon taking credit for releasing the Watergate tapes."
-Hubert H. Humphrey