Humphrey

Famous quotes containing the word humphrey:

    It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    We have already eaten breakfast to the accompaniment, in our morning newspapers, of too many “Yankee Go Home” signs, too many riots, too many denunciations of ourselves, to believe that leadership, even in the cause of peace, can reward us with international laurel wreaths.
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    The President is the people’s lobbyist.
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)