#is

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#established #forgets #life #nature #never

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#far #fist #hard #large #leadership

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#discrimination #emancipation #fears #his #inadequacies

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

#join #march #must #others #ourselves

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#destroy #end #first #first time #future

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. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#compassion #congress #courage #ever #halls

The President is the people's lobbyist. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#people #president

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

#filled #good #good intentions #goodwill #hell

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

#civil rights #i #issue #late #rights

We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics. ↗