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

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

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" Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law. "

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

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

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" To err is human. To blame someone else is politics. "

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

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

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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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" Never give in and never give up. "

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