George McGovern citations

“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”

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George S. McGovern

“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 standard.”

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George S. McGovern

“Chairman (Larry) O'Brien, Chairwoman (Yvonne) Burke, Senator (Ted) Kennedy, Senator (Thomas) Eagleton and my fellow citizens, I'm happy to join us (sic) for this benediction of our Friday sunrise service. I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this Convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. And I can tell you that Eleanor (McGovern) is very grateful that the Oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with (wife of Attorney General John N Mitchell) Martha Mitchell. -McGovern's acceptance speech at the 1972 Democratic National Convention, America's Political Parties: Power and Privelige Part 1: The Democrats hosted by Ben Wattenberg”

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“I think the Vietnamese are better off in Vietnam.”

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George S. McGovern

In Newsweek May 5, 1975. Quoted by Quang X. Pham in Ford's Finest Legacy http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/29/AR2006122901070.html in the Washington Post 30 December 2006.

“I opened the doors of the Democratic Party and 20 million people walked out. -ibid”

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George S. McGovern