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
party thinking average
I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
truth lying thinking
So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.
country thinking government
I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.
winning thinking president
I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.
thinking say-anything
Never say anything that, down inside, you think is wrong.
winning thinking discredit-you
I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true.
thinking iran iraq
If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq.
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.
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.