There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

Quote by Hubert H Humphrey

Topics: Civil Rights Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in...

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in...

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...

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

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

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...

Never give in and never give up.

Never give in and never give up.

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.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

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...

Never give up on anybody.

Never give up on anybody.

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...

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name...

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name...

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...