Author: George McGovern

Quotes

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

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

My dad was a Methodist minister.

My dad was a Methodist minister.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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