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
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.
war say-anything vietnam
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.
war two iraq
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.
war campaigns persian
I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.
war world way
I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
growing-up war debt
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.
strong war flags
There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.
country strong war
I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.
war people political
People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
dad war boys
I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.
military war failure
To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in the course of recent history. The New Deal was ended by World War II. The New Frontier was closed by Berlin and Cuba almost before it was opened. And the Great Society lost its greatness in the jungles of Indochina.
war fighting peers
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.
regret war guy
I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.
war drug would-be
It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today has probably been more harmful and done more damage than the disease.