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Wit Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey
- In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and embellish the earth,…
- The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.
- I am not here to judge whether people are locked in poverty because of themselves or because of the society in which they live. All…
- There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But you live with…
- When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it…
- What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.
- Equality means equality for all- no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.
- Hubert Humphrey with kids"Be clear where America stands. Human brotherhood and equal opportunity for every man, woman, and child, we are committed to it, in…
- I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and…
- There is a lot of difference between failure and defeat. Failure is when you are defeated and neither learn nor contribute anything.
- My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.
- You cannot tell a poor boy from a small country town on the plains of South Dakota who has had the opportunity to be a…
- The message of the United States is not nuclear power. The message of the United States is a spiritual message. It is the message of…
- There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable,…
- In the minds and hearts of the American people, there is a great hunger for peace based on a universal recognition of the values of…
- The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have.
More Wit Quotes
- Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
- One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. — Jane Austen
- The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. — Avicenna
- If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. — Francis Bacon
- The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. — Francis Bacon
- Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce
- Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting… — Bono
- Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit. — Christian Nestell Bovee
- The Sarajevans have a very particular world view - a mordant wit coupled with this unbearable sadness and... truckloads of guts, you… — Geraldine Brooks
- I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems… — Alton Brown
- I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other… — Carrie Brownstein
- It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. — Jean de la Bruyere