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Former Vice President of the United States

Hubert Horatio Humphrey was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States under Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969. Born on May 27, 1911, in Winona, Minnesota, he passed away on January 13, 1978. Humphrey was a prominent figure in the Democratic Party and is known for his advocacy of civil rights, labor rights, and environmental protection.

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“This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.”

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Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

“You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?”

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“It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it?”

People Kind Ends Wisdom Political Life Is Easy Principles Philosophical Wit Abstract Providing Slogans

Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

“If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.”

Ifs Believe Wisdom Fighting I Believe Demand I Believe In Wit

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“We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no more effective than the guarantees of those practiced in our own country.”

People Country Use Wisdom Practice Land Policy Demand Standards Democratic Wit Guarantees Measuring Double Standard

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“What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.”

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“In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and embellish the earth, instead of shaking it.”

Wells Wisdom Earth Grace Minutes Projects Crisis Wit Considering Shaking Shaking It

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“The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.”

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“I am not here to judge whether people are locked in poverty because of themselves or because of the society in which they live. All I know is that they are there and we are trying to do something about it.”

People Knows Trying Wisdom Poverty Judging Wit Locked

Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

“There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But you live with a spirit of vitality and a spirit of participation, of being wanted, and having something to contribute.”

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Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

“When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit saying it .”

People Believe Wisdom Nations Justice Talking Liberty Ought Quitting Wit Liberty And Justice Justice For All One Nation Under God Liberty And Justice For All

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“What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.”

People Want Humans Wisdom Justice Expression Dignity Wit Fulfillment Human Dignity Personal Expression

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“Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.”

Mean Wisdom Limits Wit Exception Imposing Footnotes Equality For All

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“Hubert Humphrey with kids"Be clear where America stands. Human brotherhood and equal opportunity for every man, woman, and child, we are committed to it, in America and around the world."”

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“I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict.”

People Believe Made Wisdom I Believe Differences Conflict Goodness Wit Making A Difference

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“There is a lot of difference between failure and defeat. Failure is when you are defeated and neither learn nor contribute anything.”

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“My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.”

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“You cannot tell a poor boy from a small country town on the plains of South Dakota who has had the opportunity to be a teacher, a mayor, a senator, and a vice president, that America is not a nation of promise.”

Country Wisdom America Opportunity Nations President Poor Boys Teacher Promise Towns South Vices Wit Senators Mayors Vice President Dakota Small Countries South Dakota Poor Boy

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“The message of the United States is not nuclear power. The message of the United States is a spiritual message. It is the message of human ideals; it is the message of human dignity; it is the message of the freedom of ideas, speech, press, the right to assemble, to worship, and the message of freedom of movement of people.”

People Humans Ideas States Wisdom Spiritual United United States Movement Speech Worship Messages Ideals Dignity Presses Nuclear Wit Human Dignity Nuclear Power

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“There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable, and a ruined life is not acceptable.”

Wisdom Life Is Poor Levels Poverty Hunger Wit Acceptable Unemployment Ruined Poor Health Ruined Life

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“In the minds and hearts of the American people, there is a great hunger for peace based on a universal recognition of the values of freedom and human dignity.”

People Mind Humans Heart Wisdom Values Dignity Universal Hunger Wit Recognition Heart And Mind Human Dignity

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“The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have.”

World Wisdom Poor Rich Dangerous Threat Wit Gaps

Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

About the Author

Born: May 27, 1911
Died: January 13, 1978
Known for: Former Vice President of the United States
Quotes: 127

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