Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey
We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
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.
- 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.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
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.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.
- Hubert H. Humphrey