The simple wisdom of an honest man

I saw this quote on FB:
Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
Hubert H. Humphrey

And then I went looking for more:
*Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
*For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.
*It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left
*It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
*The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
*The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
*To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
*Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

And I especially love this one (italics are my own!):
*American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

JMHO, this was a great man.