15 Quotes by Hubert Humphrey

The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.

The biggest mistake in my political life was not to learn how to use television.

Senator Goldwater would have been a great success in the movies — working for 18th century Fox.

There are those who say to you -- we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation -- emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination... from poverty.

If the tobacco officials had really changed, ... they would not have waited until Minnesota secured a court order to mandate the documents' release, and if tobacco officials had really changed, they would not perpetuate their cover-up by continuing to block our efforts to uncover 39,000 documents containing their deepest, darkest secrets.

Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ruthlessness and toughness that I had trouble either accepting or forgetting.

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.

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.