Hubert H. Humphrey Quotes
Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty. National isolation breeds national neurosis. Never answer a question from a farmer. Never give in and never give up. Never give up on anybody. Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy. The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one. The President is the people's lobbyist. The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free. There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people. There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. 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. 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.
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