George McGovern Quotes - Page 4

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• I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

  George McGovern

  Dad, War, Boys

  "George McGovern's Legacy: From Liberalism to Feeding the Hungry" by Matthew Larotonda, abcnews.go.com. October 21, 2012.

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

  George McGovern

  Regret, War, Guy

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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 cost

  George McGovern

  Cost, Done, Hunger

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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 to be 100, you know. But now I want to live long enough to see every school child in the world getting a good, nutritious lunch every day.

  George McGovern

  Children, School, Lunch

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• For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

  George McGovern

  Years, Republican, Accusing

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• A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

  George McGovern

  Men, Blood, Would Be

  George McGovern (2004). “The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

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• I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

  George McGovern

  Party, Thinking, Average

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• I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

  George McGovern

  Choices, Healthy, Everyday

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• 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 during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots.

  George McGovern

  Tired, Sleep, Eight

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• I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.

  George McGovern

  United States, World, Able

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• There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

  George McGovern

  Strong, War, United States

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• I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.

  George McGovern

  Country, Strong, War

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• We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.

  George McGovern

  Government, Land, Cities

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• My dad was a Methodist minister.

  George McGovern

  Dad, Ministers, Methodists

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• You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.

  George McGovern

  Real, Politics, Way

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.

  George McGovern

  Country, Hurt, Heart

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• I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.

  George McGovern

  Tickets, Intention, Dropping

  "Former Senator, Vice Presidential Nominee Thomas Eagleton Dead at 77", www.foxnews.com. March 4, 2007.

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• I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.

  George McGovern

  War, Campaigns, Persian

  "As A New War Is Raging, Opposing Voices From The Past Sound Out Again; Mcgovern: 'I Am Ready' To Run" by Fox Butterfield, www.nytimes.com. January 25, 1991.

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• When you start one of these programs, school lunch programs, in a country that heretofore had nothing of that kind, immediately school enrollment jumps dramatically. Girls and boys get to the classroom with the promise of a good meal once a day.

  George McGovern

  Girl, Country, School

  "Ex-Senator seeks more food aid funding" by Dirk Lammers, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 25, 2007.

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• The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

  George McGovern

  Identity, Campaigns, Cases

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.

  George McGovern

  Running, Husband, Divorce

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• People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

  George McGovern

  War, People, Political

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

  George McGovern

  Boys, Grew Up, South Dakota

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• My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'

  George McGovern

  Father, Hate, Sin

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• I met my wife in South Dakota.

  George McGovern

  Wife, South Dakota, Mets

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