Quotes By George McGovern

My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.

As an American, I want our forces to prevail.

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.

I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.

Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.