Hubert Humphrey Quotes

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas.

I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.

You can't vote your hates; you've got to vote your hopes.

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

Getting involved in politics was a quest for freedom.

How central shall democracy be in everything else we want to do in the world?

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

Institutionalizing dissent in our agencies moves us toward a healthier democracy and helps fulfill our founders' vision.

Democracy is not what we don't want. Democracy is what we do want. It is a set of affirmative values by which we can move forward. If we cannot insert our values into our vote, and our vote is simply against what we fear most, then we are a ship lost at sea.

I think that there is not any group of people in this country who do not believe that they should be a part of the process.

I am rather proud of my modest contribution to bringing democracy home.

We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.

I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.