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I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets. ↗

— George McGovern

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I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program. ↗

— George McGovern

#child #enough #every #fed #hope

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. ↗

— George McGovern

#banished #been #bring #health #hope

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. ↗

— George McGovern

#discredit #easier #feeling #get #i

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

— George McGovern

#average #average american #convinced #democratic #democratic party

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. ↗

— George McGovern

#civil #civil society #come #essential #everyday

I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time. ↗

— George McGovern

#i #myself #percent #time

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. ↗

— George McGovern

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

— George McGovern

#bleed #country #does #heart #hurting

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

— George McGovern

#campaigning #convinced #elections #negative #off