Hubert H. Humphrey quotes and words of wisdom

"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."
Found in the topic Earth.

"Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law."
Found in the topic Relatives.

"Never give up on anybody."
Found in the topic Miracle.

"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."
Found in the topic Right.

"There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free."
Found in the topic Spirit.

"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."
Found in the topic Name.

"It is not what they take away from you that counts. It"s what you do with what you have left"
Found in the topic Adapt.

"The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love."
Found in the topic Love.

"There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people."
Found in the topic Police.

"The moral test of government is how it 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 shadow of life ... the sick ... the needy ... and the disabled."
Found in the topic Government.

"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."
Found in the topic Compassion.

"I learned more about economics from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years at college."
Found in the topic Easy.

"The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor."
Found in the topic Neighbor.

Interesting Quotes

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.Leo Tolstoy - Russian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.Franklin Delano Roosevelt