“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.”
WarAll Quotes by George McGovern
“I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.”
War“I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.”
Truth“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“From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.”
Home“There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.”
War“I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.”
Home“My dad was a Methodist minister.”
Dad“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“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 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“When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.”
War“Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.”
Faith“The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.”
Truth“I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.”
Government“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“I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.”
War“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.”
Love“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”
Men