“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.”
Health
“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.”
HealthAll Quotes by George McGovern
“I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.”
Knowledge“There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.”
War“Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.”
Society“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.”
War“It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.”
War“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.”
War“I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.”
Government“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.”
Peace“I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.”
Freedom“I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.”
War“People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.”
War“I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.”
Home“I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.”
War“I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program.”
Hope“My dad was a Methodist minister.”
Dad“From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.”
Home“When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.”
War“I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.”
History“Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.”
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