Hubert H Humphrey quotes - Page : 5

" There are those who say to you -- we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. " # Civil Rights # Civilization # Time and Time Management

" I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known. " # Congress # Courage # Government

" When people generally are aware of a problem, it can be said to have entered the public consciousness. When people get on their hind legs and holler, the problem has not only entered the public consciousness -- it has also become a part of the public conscience. At that point, things in our democracy begin to hum. " # Controversy # Love # Democracy

" Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of the citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible. " # Freedom # Government # America

" The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. " # Friends and Friendship # Giving # Life and Living

" It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. " # Children # Poverty and The Poor # Government

" When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied. " # Dignity

" There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights. " # Humanism