Quotes By George McGovern

I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.

I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true.

I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

I have to have a passion in my life.

One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.

It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.

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.