The polls show that 10 percent of the public are ready to vote for me even though they don't know I'm running.… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really, through which I hope that the judgment and the will of this nation can be expressed. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
Let us pick up again these lost strands and weave them again into the fabric of America, sort out the music from the sounds… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
Broken things are powerful."Things about to break are stronger still.The last shot from the brittle bow is truest. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
In politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
The polls show that 10 percent of the public are ready to vote for me even though they don't know I'm running. We hope… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
One thing about a pig, he thinks he's warm if his nose is warm. I saw a bunch of pigs one time that had… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
There are two ways that you can gain territory from another group. One is by conquest. That's essentially the way we took California from… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
