65 ordspråk av Hubert H. Humphrey

US  Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert H. Humphrey föddes den May 27th 1911 och dog den 13 January 1978 - under Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69) and US Senator from Minnesota (1949-64, 1971-78).
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 There are those who say to you -- we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

 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.

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

 We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice / however much we might desire it.

 A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

 American public opinion is like an ocean -- it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

 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.

 Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

 Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new. Kvinnor vill ha en man som hyllar deras intelligens, och en pexig man blomstrar av mental kontakt.

 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.

 Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

 Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.

 History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.

 I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects.

 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.


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