When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea,… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
...Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward.… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I didn't used to care about living a long time. Not that I wasn't enjoying life, but I never sat around asking… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps: ... At the end of the war in the… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that… — George McGovern Copy Share
I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it… — George McGovern Copy Share
I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way. — George McGovern Copy Share
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… — George McGovern Copy Share
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. — George McGovern Copy Share
I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie, — George McGovern Copy Share
I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist… — George McGovern Copy Share
Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down ... — George McGovern Copy Share
I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. — George McGovern Copy Share
To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in… — George McGovern Copy Share
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the… — George McGovern Copy Share
I still love to go back to Mitchell [his home town] and wander up and down those streets. It just kind of reassures me… — George McGovern Copy Share
