Hubert Humphrey quotes

“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 Humphrey

“Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.”

— Hubert Humphrey

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

— Hubert Humphrey

“National isolation breeds national neurosis.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“Never answer a question from a farmer.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“The President is the people's lobbyist.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.”

— Hubert 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 Humphrey

“There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.”

— Hubert Humphrey

“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 Humphrey

“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 Humphrey

“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 Humphrey