If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

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"The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love."

- Hubert H. Humphrey

Love

"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

Belief

"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."

- Hubert H. Humphrey

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- Hubert H. Humphrey

Relationships

"Never answer a question from a farmer."

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Insight

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- Unknown

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- Thomas Jefferson

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"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden

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"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

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"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell

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