The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. – Hubert H. Humphrey
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty. – Hubert H. Humphrey
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. – 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
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
It is not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left. – Hubert H. Humphrey
If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. – Hubert H. Humphrey
There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free. – Hubert H. Humphrey
Liberalism, above all, means emancipation – emancipation from one’s fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty. – Hubert H. Humphrey
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. – 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
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
It was once said that 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 who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. – Hubert H. Humphrey
Each child is an adventure into a better life – an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new. – Hubert H. Humphrey
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. – Hubert H. Humphrey
