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" Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble. "

Hubert H. Humphrey

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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 government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty. "

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

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" Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law. "

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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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" Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper. "

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" 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. "

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" Never give up on anybody. "

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" Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society. "

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" I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known. "

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" Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. "

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" It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea. "

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" There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free. "

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

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" Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. "

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" Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man. "

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" To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed. "

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" The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy. "

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" American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon. "

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" A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. "

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

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