Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. George McGovern on faith
I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. George McGovern on freedom
Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner. George McGovern on government
I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. George McGovern on government
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 on health
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 on history
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 on history
I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth. George McGovern on home
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 on home
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 on 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 on hope
I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House. George McGovern on knowledge
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. George McGovern on love
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. George McGovern on men
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. George McGovern on patriotism
I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out. George McGovern on peace
Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. George McGovern on politics
Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills. George McGovern on society
I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. George McGovern on society