Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

I learned more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Johnson had a sense of humor, and he could kid with me,” he would say. “Johnson didn’t enjoy talking with most liberals. He didn’t think they had a sense of humor.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart-it's all a man has.

— Hubert H. Humphrey