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

Hubert H. Humphrey

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" It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. "

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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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" If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. "

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

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