Government Quote by Hubert H. Humphrey

“The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.”

Hubert H. Humphrey

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Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

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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;…

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In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are.…

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Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.

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Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

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The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have.

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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…

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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…

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There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not…

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National isolation breeds national neurosis.

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Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.

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There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

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