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

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 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've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

- 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

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 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

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

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

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