Humphrey

Famous quotes containing the word humphrey:

    “We are in danger ... of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.”
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    “We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice—however much we might desire it.”
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    “Leadership in today’s world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.”
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)