#our

I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#done #going #i #into #keep

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

— George McGovern

#advocate #ashamed #course #man #private

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. ↗

— George McGovern

#bad #just #know #our time #polite

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation. ↗

— George McGovern

#away #cancer #center #cruelest #disaster

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command. ↗

— George McGovern

#command #i #make #mind #others

As an American, I want our forces to prevail. ↗

— George McGovern

#forces #i #our #prevail #want

Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner. ↗

— George McGovern

#democrats #enemy #federal #federal government #government

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

— George McGovern

#come #deception #high #high places #home

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

#combat #defended #europe #factories #flew

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