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

Quote by Hubert H Humphrey

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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...

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...

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...

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much...

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much...

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

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

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Never give in and never give up.

Never give in and never give up.

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,...

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...

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...

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.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

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.

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...

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

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