Hubert H. Humphrey Political Quotations

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.

Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence of the people, is fundamental in maintaining a free and open political system.

It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it?

Never give in and never give up.