Hubert Humphrey with kids"Be clear where America stands. Human brotherhood and equal opportunity for every man, woman, and child, we are committed to….

If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a s….

We live by hope. We do not ever get all we want when we want it. But we have to believe that someday, somehow, some way, it will be better and that w….

We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provi….

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics ….

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office..

The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America..

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to br….

More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute..

What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom..

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it..

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..

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 t….

We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no mor….

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

My friends, to those who say that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172 years late. To those who say that this civil-ri….

There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not accept….

In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and embellish the earth, inste….

Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy..

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly..

When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied..