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George McGovern quotes: I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command. I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.
George McGovern quotes: My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad. My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.
George McGovern quotes: There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war. There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.
George McGovern quotes: It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds. It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds.
George McGovern quotes: Don't throw away your conscience. Don't throw away your conscience.
George McGovern quotes: It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well. It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.
George McGovern quotes: I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth. I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.
George McGovern quotes: I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.
George McGovern quotes: I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise. I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.
George McGovern quotes: When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up. When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.
George McGovern quotes: You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia. You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.
George McGovern quotes: Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior. Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior.
George McGovern quotes: It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war.
George McGovern quotes: My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.' My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'
George McGovern quotes: If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter. If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter.
George McGovern quotes: It's nice not to have to worry about constituents. It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.
George McGovern quotes: My dad was a Methodist minister. My dad was a Methodist minister.
George McGovern quotes: Reaganism is not only at odds with the Judeo-Christian heritage, it will not work. Reaganism is not only at odds with the Judeo-Christian heritage, it will not work.
George McGovern quotes: Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner. Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.
George McGovern quotes: For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security. For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.
George McGovern quotes: I met my wife in South Dakota. I met my wife in South Dakota.
George McGovern quotes: Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics. Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.
George McGovern quotes: It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it. It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.
George McGovern quotes: The longer the title, the less important the job. The longer the title, the less important the job.
George McGovern quotes: Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down ... Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down ...
George McGovern quotes: If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq. If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq.
George McGovern quotes: I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie.
George McGovern quotes: I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.
George McGovern quotes: As an American, I want our forces to prevail. As an American, I want our forces to prevail.
George McGovern quotes: I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program. I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program.
George McGovern quotes: I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come. I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.
George McGovern quotes: From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America. From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.
George McGovern quotes: I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way. I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
George McGovern quotes: I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out. I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.
George McGovern quotes: This total failure to address the diet/cancer relationship is most disturbing to ... those ... informed ... This total failure to address the diet/cancer relationship is most disturbing to ... those ... informed ...
George McGovern quotes: I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American. I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
George McGovern quotes: I have to have a passion in my life. I have to have a passion in my life.
George McGovern quotes: I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf. I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.
George McGovern quotes: This dogged, same track approach (by the NCI) is even more astonishing ... This dogged, same track approach (by the NCI) is even more astonishing ...
George McGovern quotes: Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills. Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.
George McGovern quotes: We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost
George McGovern quotes: I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be. I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.
George McGovern quotes: I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time. I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.
George McGovern quotes: Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood. Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood.
George McGovern quotes: Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind. Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.
George McGovern quotes: No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public. No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.
George McGovern quotes: I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket. I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.
George McGovern quotes: The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity. The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.
George McGovern quotes: At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early. At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.
George McGovern quotes: Never say anything that, down inside, you think is wrong. Never say anything that, down inside, you think is wrong.
George McGovern quotes: You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing. You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.
George McGovern quotes: I didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me. I didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me.
George McGovern quotes: One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security. One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.
George McGovern quotes: I never even had the time to read novels. I never even had the time to read novels.
George McGovern quotes: Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
George McGovern quotes: So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is. So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.
George McGovern quotes: I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.
George McGovern quotes: I fully endorse the millennial goals to make (hunger) history, ... Those are big goals, but it's do-able. I fully endorse the millennial goals to make (hunger) history, ... Those are big goals, but it's do-able.
George McGovern quotes: Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.' Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'
George McGovern quotes: Now, I simply do what I want. Now, I simply do what I want.
George McGovern quotes: I'm a movie buff. I'm a movie buff.
George McGovern quotes: It can take greater courage to stand in opposition to the views of your neighbors or nation than to confront an enemy in combat. It can take greater courage to stand in opposition to the views of your neighbors or nation than to confront an enemy in combat.
George McGovern quotes: People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war. People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
George McGovern quotes: When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers. When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.
George McGovern quotes: I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it. I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.
George McGovern quotes: Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.
George McGovern quotes: I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that. I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.
George McGovern quotes: I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free.
George McGovern quotes: Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did. Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.

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