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Hubert Humphrey — Portrait after a picture by Library of Congress (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

Hubert Humphrey

Vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969

1911–1978

5 quotes, most often on Freedom and America.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
- Debate
- Freedom
What we need are critical lovers of America⁠—patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
- America
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
- America
The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
Remarks at the dedication of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, November 1, 1977, Congressional Record, November 4, 1977, vol 123, p. 37287.
- Government
- Morality
I wish to suggest that ample opportunity does exist for dissent, for protest, and for nonconformity. But I must also say that the right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
Address to the National Student Council (1965)
- Freedom

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