Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.
Hubert H. Humphrey

National isolation breeds national neurosis.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Never answer a question from a farmer.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Never give in and never give up.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Never give up on anybody.
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

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.
Hubert H. Humphrey

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
Hubert H. Humphrey

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
Hubert H. Humphrey

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
Hubert H. Humphrey

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
Hubert H. Humphrey

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.
Hubert H. Humphrey

The President is the people's lobbyist.
Hubert H. Humphrey

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
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

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

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

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 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