Hubert Humphrey on states’ rights and socialism

“The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states’ rights and to walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights.”

Hubert H. Humphrey

1948 Democratic National Convention Address

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American politician and statesman who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and again from 1971 to 1978. Wikipedia

“Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.”
― Hubert H. Humphrey

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