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George McGovern

Born: July 19, 1922

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Biography: George Stanley McGovern is a historian, author, and former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election.

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George McGovern

“I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.”

- George McGovern

Source/Notes: Quoted in: N.Y. Times, 27 July 1972.

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George McGovern

“I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free.”

- George McGovern

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George McGovern

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

- George McGovern

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George McGovern

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

- George McGovern

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George McGovern

“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

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George McGovern

“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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George 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 plain.”

- George McGovern

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George McGovern

“The longer the title, the less important the job.”

- George McGovern

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George McGovern

“The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.”

- George McGovern

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George McGovern

“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

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George McGovern

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

- George McGovern

Source/Notes: In Newsweek May 5, 1975. Quoted by Quang X. Pham in Ford's Finest Legacy in the Washington Post 30 December 2006.

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George McGovern

“It doesn't require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder, and if this war mushrooms into a major conflict and a hundred thousand young Americans are killed, it won't be U.S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify for the Senate.”

- George McGovern

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George McGovern

“I still love to go back to Mitchell [his home town] and wander up and down those streets. It just kind of reassures me again that there is a place that I know thoroughly, where the roots are deep. Everything had a place, a specific definition.”

- George McGovern

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George McGovern

“Don't throw away your conscience.”

- George McGovern

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