Hubert H. Humphrey

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

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

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

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

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

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

The President is the people's lobbyist.

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

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.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

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.

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.

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

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Never give in and never give up.

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

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.

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

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

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

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.