George McGovern quotes - page 2

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)
I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets. View quote
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I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn't vote for me but admire my positions. View quote
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It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well. View quote
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Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come. View quote
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I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program. View quote
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I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. View quote
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I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way. View quote
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For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security. (George McGovern)
At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early. View quote
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As an American, I want our forces to prevail. View quote
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When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers. View quote
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I met my wife in South Dakota. View quote
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. View quote
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I never even had the time to read novels. View quote
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I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world. View quote
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My dad was a Methodist minister. View quote
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It's nice not to have to worry about constituents, now, I simply do what I want. View quote
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I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. (George McGovern)
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. View quote
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I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. View quote
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I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that. View quote
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I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American. View quote
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