George McGovern
George McGovern
George Stanley McGovernwas an American historian, author, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 July 1922
CityAvon, SD
CountryUnited States of America
men blood would-be
A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.
running men politics
Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.
men good-man speak
It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.
adversity men america
When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else?
mental-illness illness knows
I didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me.
war intelligent men
It is a modern tragedy that one of the Soviet Union's most intelligent and realistic leaders has served and died during the administration of the most ill-informed and dangerous man ever to occupy the White House.
men should advocating
No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.
courage degrade halt moral seeking standing wars
Eli had courage in seeking to halt ill-conceived and unnecessary wars that degrade our moral standing in the world.
curb ending hope poverty realistic somehow waste
that you only have a realistic hope of ending poverty if you can somehow curb the destruction and waste and the devastation of war.
age age-and-aging people
I'd like to see a working partnership between people your age and people my age,
obama promise putting troops
I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.
devotion idealism public remember
We remember his sturdy idealism and his devotion to public good.
time
I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.
life
I have to have a passion in my life.