I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her… — 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
...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
We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
When you start one of these programs, school lunch programs, in a country that heretofore had nothing of that kind, immediately school… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
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 Image
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie, — George McGovern Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. — 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, but in… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
