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George McGovern Quotes

George McGovern quotes

American Politician July 19, 1922

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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
George McGovern quote: "My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but..."
My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.' George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the..."
Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.' George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "I have to have a passion in my life."
I have to have a passion in my life. George McGovern
I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn't vote for me but admire my positions. George McGovern
When you start one of these programs, school lunch programs, in a country that heretofore had nothing of that kind, immediately school enrollment jumps dramatically. Girls and boys get to the classroom with the promise of a good meal once a day. George McGovern
It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war. George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of..."
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 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
George McGovern quote: "I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who..."
I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. 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. George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster,..."
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
George McGovern quote: "I never even had the time to read novels."
I never even had the time to read novels. George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young..."
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who..."
It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well. George McGovern

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