Author: George McGovern

Quotes

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

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

- 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

- George McGovern

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