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" We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost. "

Hubert H. Humphrey

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

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" Never give up on anybody. "

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" I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college. "

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

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

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" The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. "

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" The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. "

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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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" It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. "

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

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" Never give in and never give up. "

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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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