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" National isolation breeds national neurosis. "

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

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

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

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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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" The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one. "

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" 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. "

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" Never give in and never give up. "

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

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" In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be. "

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" The President is the people's lobbyist. "

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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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" 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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" 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 stands a surprised mother-in-law. "

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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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" The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. "

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

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" The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. "

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

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" I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university. "

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

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" Never give up on anybody. "

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" Never answer a question from a farmer. "

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