George McGovern

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. ↗

— George McGovern

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I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time. ↗

— George McGovern

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If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq. ↗

— George McGovern

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It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it. ↗

— George McGovern

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

— George McGovern

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It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war. ↗

— George McGovern

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

— George McGovern

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My dad was a Methodist minister. ↗

— George McGovern

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My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.' ↗

— George McGovern

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

— George McGovern

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