Eugene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthywas an American politician, poet, and a long-time Congressman from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 March 1916
CityWatkins, MN
CountryUnited States of America
efficient greatest saves threat
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.
saves
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is the inefficiency
facts three said
Anything said three times in Washington becomes a fact.
country party men
This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.
thinking pigs together
One thing about a pig, he thinks he's warm if his nose is warm. I saw a bunch of pigs one time that had frozen together in a rosette, each one's nose tucked under the rump of the one in front. We have a lot of pigs in politics.
powerful broken stronger
Broken things are powerful."Things about to break are stronger still.The last shot from the brittle bow is truest.
running secret way
If any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency,
thinking american-politics ifs
If you're in the penaut business you learn to think small.
strong believe differences
The difference between Carter and [Ted] Kennedy: Carter has this vague religion which he believes in strongly, while Kennedy has this strong religion which he believes in vaguely.
battle republican function
The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle.
football smart thinking
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
america long tradition
There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.
sarcastic snakes want
I would not want to put him in charge of snake control in Ireland.