George McGovern Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.”

“I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.”

“From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.”

“You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.”

“There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.”

“Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.”

“I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots.”

“I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.”

“My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.”

“I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.”