Quotes By Hubert H. Humphrey

There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

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

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

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

The President is the people's lobbyist.

Never give up on anybody.

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.

Never give in and never give up.

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