From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America. Fro…

- George Mcgovern

Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

- George Mcgovern

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

- George Mcgovern

It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds.

- George Mcgovern

Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.

- George Mcgovern

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 Ma…

- George Mcgovern

It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and if this war mushrooms …

- George Mcgovern

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world pe…

- George Mcgovern

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.

- George Mcgovern