Author: George McGovern

Quotes

I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

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

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

- 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

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

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 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

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

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

- George McGovern

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