#so

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security. ↗

#been #being #democrats #national #national security

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. ↗

I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972. ↗

— George McGovern

#believed #could #defeat #defeated #democrat

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 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 met my wife in South Dakota. ↗

— George McGovern

#i #met #south #south dakota #wife

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

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. ↗