If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter. George McGovern More Quotes by George McGovern More Quotes From George McGovern Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics. George McGovern strategy truth-is integrity Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood. George McGovern graves responsible blood The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation. George McGovern cancer political war I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true. George McGovern discredit-you winning thinking I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps: ... At the end of the war in the Persian Gulf, press for a comprehensive Middle East settlement and for a 'new world order' based not on Pax Americana but on peace through law with a stronger U.N. and World Court. George McGovern law war order 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 confidence political faith From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America. George McGovern military home america When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else? George McGovern adversity men america 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 peace-and-justice fighter justice 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 vietnam say-anything war Don't throw away your conscience. George McGovern conscience We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it....I do not intend to remain silent in the face of what I regard as a policy of madness which, sooner or later, will envelop my son and American youth by the millions for years to come. George McGovern country years son Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind. George McGovern economic risk kind The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is a greater moral imperative now than ever before, because for the first time humanity has the instruments at hand to defeat this cruel enemy at a very reasonable cost. We have the ability to provide food for all within the next three decades. George McGovern humanity hands years For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Main Street, and Main Street has received too little in return. It is not necessary to centralize power in order to solve our problems. George McGovern government taken order Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!" George McGovern shut-up social people I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come. George McGovern troops president promise Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. George McGovern election pay negative I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program. George McGovern long children school I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be. George McGovern republican made character
