George McGovern Quotes
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And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is noble and…
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Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world…
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The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is…
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It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today has probably been…
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It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and…
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Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
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I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie,
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A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.
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Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood.
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For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from…
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The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should do our best…
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We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it....I…
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I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps: ... At the end of the war in the Persian Gulf, press…
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...Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward. Come home to…
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It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil,... that all politicians are mere opportunists, that all aspects of university life are corrupt. Having…
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We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest…
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I didn't used to care about living a long time. Not that I wasn't enjoying life, but I never sat around asking how I'd get…
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From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America. From the…
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Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down ...
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Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.
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