Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I… — 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 suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the… — 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
