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
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
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
I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth. – George McGovern
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
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
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
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
My dad was a Methodist minister. – George McGovern
