The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

Quote by Hubert H Humphrey

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The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road...

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road...

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

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

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

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

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

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did...

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did...

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil...

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil...

The President is the people's lobbyist.

The President is the people's lobbyist.

Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as...

Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as...

National isolation breeds national neurosis.

National isolation breeds national neurosis.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats...

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats...

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where...

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where...

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

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

There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who,...

There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who,...

We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.

We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power...

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power...

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the...

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the...

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of...

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...