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" The President is the people's lobbyist. "

Hubert H. Humphrey

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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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" Never answer a question from a farmer. "

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" This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. "

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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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" Never give up on anybody. "

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