#us

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

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I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. ↗

— George McGovern

#civility #country #decline #disgusted #getting

Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too. ↗

— George McGovern

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

— George McGovern

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I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be. ↗

— George McGovern

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

— George McGovern

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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

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The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security. ↗

— George McGovern

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Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior. ↗

— George McGovern

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When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers. ↗

— George McGovern

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