George McGovern

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

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being…

— George McGovern

I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can…

— George McGovern

I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.

— George McGovern

It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and…

— George McGovern

I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

— George McGovern

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

— George McGovern

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie,

— George McGovern

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was…

— George McGovern

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down ...

— George McGovern

I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free.

— George McGovern

To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea,…

— George McGovern

When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to…

— George McGovern

I still love to go back to Mitchell [his home town] and wander up and down those streets. It just kind of…

— George McGovern

Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.

— George McGovern

Now, I simply do what I want.

— George McGovern

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents, now, I simply do what I want.

— George McGovern

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

— George McGovern

And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what…

— George McGovern

It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today…

— George McGovern

I never even had the time to read novels.

— George McGovern

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about…

— George McGovern

If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter.

— George McGovern

And above all, above all, honest work must be rewarded by a fair and just tax system. The tax system today does…

— George McGovern

I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on…

— George McGovern