Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. Hubert 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 Humphrey
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. 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
The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one. Hubert H Humphrey
The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer. Hubert H Humphrey
Leadership in today’s world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table. Hubert H Humphrey
To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed. Hubert H Humphrey
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. Hubert H Humphrey
We are in danger … of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost. Hubert H Humphrey
Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on. Hubert H. Humphrey
National isolation breeds national neurosis. Hubert H Humphrey
Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble. Hubert H Humphrey
I’ve never thought my speeches were too long – I’ve enjoyed all of them. 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
Slumism is the pent-up anger of people living on the outside of affluence. Slumism is decay of structure and deterioration of the human spirit. Slumism is a virus which spreads through the body politic. As other ‘isms’, it breeds disorder and demagoguery and hate. Hubert H Humphrey