America
Fortunately, the time has long passed when people
liked to regard the United States as some kind of
melting pot, taking men and women from every part
of the world and converting them into standardized,
homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more
mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world
of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity--
an America all the richer for the many different and
distinctive strands of which it is woven.
Hubert H. Humphrey "All-America Tribute to
Archbishop Iakovos," speech,
15 Jan. 1967, Chicago, Ill.
American Progress
Much of our American progress has been the product
of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned
it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then
produced it, sold it, and profited from it.
HHH
Arms
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom
under any government, no matter how popular and
respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear
arms.... The right of citizens to bear arms is just one
guarantee against arbitrary government, one more
safeguard against the tyranny which now appears
remote in America but which historically has proven
to be always possible.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bad Law
There are not enough jails, not enough policemen,
not enough courts to enforce a law not supported
by the people
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bigotry
The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction
to the very meaning of America.
Hubert H. Humphrey
We should have learnt by now that laws and court
decisions can only point the way. They can establish
criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a
basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism.
But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression
and injustice however much we might desire it.
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-78)
Speech, 1 June 1966, White House Conference
Freedom
Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Source: Speech, New York City, 29 October 1964
"Freedom is hammered out on the anvil
of discussion, dissent and debate."
Hubert H. Humphrey
(1911-1978) US Vice-President, US Senator (D-MN)
Source: Speech, Syracuse University, 6 June 1965
Friendship
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have
received it.
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love."
Government
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 in the shadows of life--the sick, the needy,
and the handicapped.
Hubert H. Humphrey 11/1/77
The impersonal hand of government can never replace
the helping hand of a neighbor.
- Hubert H Humphrey
Human Spirit
There are incalculable resources in the human spirit,
once it has been set free.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Leadership
American public opinion is like the ocean--
it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.
HHH, Gannon College, 10/11/66
Leadership in today’s world requires far more than a
large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the
conference table.
Peace
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great
cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it
requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors
of many.
--Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-78)
U.S. Democratic politician, vice president.
Remarks, 17 Feb. 1965, New York City.
Politics
Defeat, like victory, is only a passing phenomenon in
a political career. The battle for one's ideals and beliefs
must go on, and I mean to pursue mine.
HHH after defeat in 1968
The hardest job for a politician today is to have the
courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an
extreme position.
It is not what they take away from you that counts.
It's what you do with what you have left.
Right
The right to be heard does not include the right to be
taken seriously.
- Hubert Humphrey
Rose
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.
Surprise
Surprise
Behind every successful man stands a surprised
mother-in-law."
Truth
Men in earnest have no time to waste In patching
fig-leaves for the naked truth.
-- Hubert H. Humphrey ,
36th US Vice President, Democrat
Youth
Each child is an adventure into a better life--an
opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.
World War II
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 (1911-78),
Speech, 11 Nov. 1965
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