George McGovern

Now, I simply do what I want. ↗

— George McGovern

#now #simply #want

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

— George McGovern

#iraq #national #national security #neither #nor

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war. ↗

— George McGovern

#american #guts #people #political #stand

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. ↗

— George McGovern

#campaigning #convinced #elections #negative #off

The longer the title, the less important the job. ↗

— George McGovern

#job #less #longer #title

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

— George McGovern

#how #matter #mistaken #rally #round

Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior. ↗

— George McGovern

#becoming #behavior #ever #guise #left

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

— George McGovern

#ills #ought #society #stirred #tears

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up. ↗

— George McGovern

#close-up #i #lucky #never #plane

When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers. ↗

— George McGovern

#handicap #i #most #painful #presence