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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#dakota #during #dust #i #learnt

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#democracy #enough #extend #idea #lose

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#million #only #president #vice #vice president

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 incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#free #human #human spirit #incalculable #once

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

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#also #been #our #society #unfortunately

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#blame #else #err #human #politics

The straight line is ungodly. ↗

— Friedensreich Hundertwasser

#straight #straight line #ungodly