George McGovern Quotes


George McGovern

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

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.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one`s country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

The longer the title, the less important the job.

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.

I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free.

The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters out front; and they came away thinking that was me.

I`m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

No man should advocate a course in private that he`s ashamed to admit in public.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.






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