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Top 80 George S. McGovern Quotes (2025 Update)
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George S. McGovern Quote: “I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.”

51. “I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I met my wife in South Dakota.”

52. “I met my wife in South Dakota.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “So, I think that’s the centerpiece of morality: Don’t lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.”

53. “So, I think that’s the centerpiece of morality: Don’t lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “My father was a clergyman and always said: ‘Hate the sin but love the sinner.’”

54. “My father was a clergyman and always said: ‘Hate the sin but love the sinner.’”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Main Street, and Main Street has received too little in return. It is not necessary to centralize power in order to solve our problems.”

55. “For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Main Street, and Main Street has received too little in return. It is not necessary to centralize power in order to solve our problems.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “My dad was a Methodist minister.”

56. “My dad was a Methodist minister.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.”

57. “We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America’s national security.”

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

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I never even had the time to read novels.”

59. “I never even had the time to read novels.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.”

60. “I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.”

61. “Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society’s ills.”

62. “Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society’s ills.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way – and I did.”

63. “Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way – and I did.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.”

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

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I am a liberal and always have been – just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.”

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

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.”

66. “I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.”

67. “A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.”

68. “I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I’m what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.”

69. “I’m what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “As an American, I want our forces to prevail.”

70. “As an American, I want our forces to prevail.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.”

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

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I’ve come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.”

72. “I’ve come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.”

73. “I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.”

74. “For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I’m constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn’t vote for me but admire my positions.”

75. “I’m constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn’t vote for me but admire my positions.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “People didn’t have the political guts to stand up against an American war.”

76. “People didn’t have the political guts to stand up against an American war.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “You don’t run for the presidency out of nostalgia.”

77. “You don’t run for the presidency out of nostalgia.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “It’s nice not to have to worry about constituents.”

78. “It’s nice not to have to worry about constituents.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.”

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

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “I didn’t know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me.”

80. “I didn’t know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me.”

— George S. McGovern

George S. McGovern Quote: “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.”

81. “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 S. McGovern

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