I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972. George McGovern More Quotes by George McGovern More Quotes From George McGovern I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. George McGovern military dream peace From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America. From the entrenchment of special privileges in tax favoritism; from the waste of idle lands to the joy of useful labor; from the prejudice based on race and sex; from the loneliness of the aging poor and the despair of the neglected sick - come home, America. George McGovern military war sex 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 memorial-day love country It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds. George McGovern dazzle crowds masters Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down. George McGovern compassion mean people No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public. George McGovern advocating should men Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in. George McGovern tired dream war And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is noble and just in human affairs. It is the time to live more with faith and less with fear- with an abiding confidence that can sweep away the strongest barriers between us and teach us that we truly are brothers and sisters. George McGovern land brother time Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper. George McGovern brother responsibility country Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward. Come home to the belief that we can seek a newer world. And let us be joyful in the homecoming. George McGovern dream inspirational country It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and if this war mushrooms into a major conflict and a hundred thousand young Americans are killed it won t be U.S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify for the Senate. George McGovern fighting military war And above all, above all, honest work must be rewarded by a fair and just tax system. The tax system today does not reward hard work: it penalizes it. Inherited or invested wealth frequently multiplies itself while paying no taxes at all. But wages on the assembly line or in farming the land, these hard-earned dollars are taxed to the very last penny. George McGovern lines hard-work land If we are willing to concede the President dictatorial authority where we happen to agree with him, as liberals have tended to do over the years, we will have little chance of tying his hands when we do not....You will see why many of us in the Congress understand how Dr. Frankenstein must have felt when his creation ran amok. George McGovern president hands years It is a modern tragedy that one of the Soviet Union's most intelligent and realistic leaders has served and died during the administration of the most ill-informed and dangerous man ever to occupy the White House. George McGovern intelligent men war It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it. George McGovern patriotic young war So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is. George McGovern truth lying thinking I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. George McGovern marijuana dope pot It can take greater courage to stand in opposition to the views of your neighbors or nation than to confront an enemy in combat. George McGovern neighbor views enemy 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 debt growing-up war I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth. George McGovern principles home america
