George McGovern Quotes - Page 4

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

I didn't used to care about living a long time. Not that I wasn't enjoying life, but I never sat around asking how I'd get to be 100, you know. But now I want to live long enough to see every school child in the world getting a good, nutritious lunch every day.

I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.

At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.

As an American, I want our forces to prevail.

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie.

My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

My dad was a Methodist minister.

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.

We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.

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.

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.

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents, now, I simply do what I want.

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'

I met my wife in South Dakota.

When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.

I never even had the time to read novels.

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.