Author: George McGovern

Quotes

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

- George McGovern

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

- George McGovern

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

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

- George McGovern

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

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

- George McGovern

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

- George McGovern

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.

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

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

- George McGovern

When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.

When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.

- George McGovern

I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

- George McGovern

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