Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hubert Humphrey, a giant...
...politics, an endeavor where egos regularly outpace dedication, Hubert Humphrey [Jan. 23] seems never to have forgotten the people; he never abandoned his dedication to their needs; he never lost faith with the dream of what America might be. In my lifetime, a handful of political leaders have made me proud to be an American. Hubert H. Humphrey alone among them made me proud to be a human being...
...often Hubert Humphrey was seen only as the ebullient eternal optimist, a Don Quixote verbally tilting at windmills and dreaming the impossible dream. But his idealism lifted us to share in that dream and, in so doing, his idealism conquered our skepticism...
...when more and more people appear either beset by total despair for the future or have hope only in the supernatural, Senator Humphrey seemed to say that we, mankind, hold the hope for the future by working our hardest and never giving up the fight for a better life...
...Senate had been without a Humphrey for only twelve days when Muriel Humphrey accepted the appointment to take her late husband's seat. "I believe I can help complete some of the very important legislative business that Hubert had hoped to finish," she said. To the throng of reporters questioning her, she added: "Hubert was always my guide. I hope he is guiding me today...