Quotes by George McGovern

About George McGovern:

George Stanley McGovern was an American historian, author, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.
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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

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

George McGovern

I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

George McGovern

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.

George McGovern

Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior.

George McGovern

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

George McGovern

Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.

George McGovern

Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.

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I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

George McGovern

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

I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

George McGovern

I never even had the time to read novels.

George McGovern

The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.

George McGovern

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

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

Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.

George McGovern

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

George McGovern

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

George McGovern

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

George McGovern

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

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When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.

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Author Bio

  • NameGeorge McGovern
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, Congressman, senator, Democratic presidential candidate
  • AliasesGeorge Stanley McGovern; George S. McGovern
  • BornJuly 19, 1922
  • DiedOctober 21, 2012
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Diplomat; Historian; Autobiographer
  • AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Air Medal; Gandhi Peace Award; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom From Want; World Food Prize