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
age age-and-aging people
I'd like to see a working partnership between people your age and people my age,
eye cutting people
I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn't vote for me but admire my positions.
war people political
People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
hurt responsibility people
The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should do our best to educate them, but without diminishing choice for everyone else.
people shut-up social
Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!"
mean compassion people
Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down ...
came few outspoken people saw supporters television thinking trouble
The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters out front; and they came away thinking that was me.
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.
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.
anybody close criticism critics-and-criticism jump pull rip wants
There'll be no criticism of anybody that wants to jump out. I'll take you close to the field. All you have to do is jump out and pull the rip cord.