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

Quote by Hubert H Humphrey

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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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never give in and never give up.

Never give in and never give up.

Never give up on anybody.

Never give up on anybody.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a...

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a...

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...

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...

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

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

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

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent...

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent...

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose...

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose...

Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ruthlessness and toughness that I had...

Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ruthlessness and toughness that I had...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit...

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit...