Author: George McGovern

Quotes

It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.

It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

- 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

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

My dad was a Methodist minister.

My dad was a Methodist minister.

- George McGovern

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