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.

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

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

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

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

We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our...

We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our...

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...

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...

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...

Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To...

Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To...

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...

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years...

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years...

National isolation breeds national neurosis.

National isolation breeds national neurosis.

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,...

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...

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a...

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a...

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...

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law...

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law...

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.

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...

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more...

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more...

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.