Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson, from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 1968 presidential election, losing to the Republican nominee, Richard M. Nixon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 May 1911
CityWallace, SD
CountryUnited States of America
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
It is always a risk to speak to the press: they are likely to report what you say.
There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights.
To those who say, my friends, to those who say, that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172 years [too] late! To those who say, 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 walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights!
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 human ideals; it is the message of human dignity; it is the message of the freedom of ideas, speech, press, the right to assemble, to worship, and the message of freedom of movement of people.
Though everyone has an equal right to speak, not all have earned an equal right to be taken seriously.
Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.
I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects.
Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.
If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.
The measure of a civilization is how it treats those at the dawn of life, the margins of life and the twilight of life.
I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them.
We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.
I wish to suggest that ample opportunity does exist for dissent, for protest, and for nonconformity. But I must also say that the right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.