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

Quote by Hubert H Humphrey

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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.

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,...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

Never give in and never give up.

Never give in and never give up.

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.

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do...

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do...

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...

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but...

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but...

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,...

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

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

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

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...

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...

You don't have to be a size zero to be pretty. Beauty should be judged...

You don't have to be a size zero to be pretty. Beauty should be judged...

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume

Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder

Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder