You can't hoot with the owls and then soar with the eagles Hubert H. Humphrey More Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey More Quotes From 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 anger hate people Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble. Hubert H. Humphrey asia culture people There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free. Hubert H. Humphrey liberty president spirit 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 fists leadership world 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 H. Humphrey brother should-have war There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights. Hubert H. Humphrey compromise humans rights 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 H. Humphrey power time past It is always a risk to speak to the press: they are likely to report what you say. Hubert H. Humphrey training risk speak Never give up on anybody. Hubert H. Humphrey quitting giving-up inspirational The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America. Hubert H. Humphrey contradiction liberty america Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man. Hubert H. Humphrey freedom president men If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory in defeat. The hardest job for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an extreme position. Hubert H. Humphrey fighting jobs believe Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty. Hubert H. Humphrey poverty prejudice mean You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do? Hubert H. Humphrey done wisdom should-have We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. Hubert H. Humphrey patriotic 4th-of-july america Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has. Hubert H. Humphrey wisdom hope integrity My friends, to those who say that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172 years late. To those who say that this civil-rights program is an infringement on states’ rights, I say this: The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states' rights and to walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights. Hubert H. Humphrey sunshine party rights It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it? Hubert H. Humphrey philosophical wisdom people What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world. Hubert H. Humphrey wisdom doe country 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 business real cities
