164 Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey

Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not ‘happen,’ it requires work.

There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone – who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.

Leadership in today’s world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

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

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it’s a pretty good detour.

Each child is an adventure into a better life – an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

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.

What we need are critical lovers of America – patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.