When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up. – George McGovern
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I. – 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