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
Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
If any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency, — 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
This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
