George McGovern Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.”

“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.”

“I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.”

“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.”

“Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.”

“I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.”

“The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.”

“As an American, I want our forces to prevail.”

“I move ahead, I live.”

“Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.”