The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do? — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Like many things in our national life, we miscalculated. We overestimated our ability to control events, which is one of the great… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Hubert Humphrey with kids"Be clear where America stands. Human brotherhood and equal opportunity for every man, woman, and child, we are committed… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Equality means equality for all- no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
You cannot tell a poor boy from a small country town on the plains of South Dakota who has had the opportunity… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
There is a lot of difference between failure and defeat. Failure is when you are defeated and neither learn nor contribute anything. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
In the minds and hearts of the American people, there is a great hunger for peace based on a universal recognition of… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The message of the United States is not nuclear power. The message of the United States is a spiritual message. It is… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I am not here to judge whether people are locked in poverty because of themselves or because of the society in which… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Capital, and the question of who owns it and therefore reaps the benefit of its productiveness, is an extremely important issue that… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing.… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect;… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are.… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
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… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
