Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson, from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 1968 presidential election, losing to the Republican nominee, Richard M. Nixon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 May 1911
CityWallace, SD
CountryUnited States of America
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.
The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.
The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.
National isolation breeds national neurosis.
It is better to gain a foot than to stand still, even when you seek to gain a mile.
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.
We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.
We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.
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."
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.
I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects.
I had no money to buy books, so between classes and work, I haunted the library. I even tutored in French with a sliding scale of payment: twenty dollars for an A, fifteen for a B, ten for a C, five for a D.
Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.
If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.