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Hubert H. Humphrey Quotes

«It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.»
«Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.»
«There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.»
«I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.»
«A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.»
«The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.»
«Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.»
«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.»
«To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.»
«I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.»

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