The difference between Carter and [Ted] Kennedy: Carter has this vague religion which he believes in strongly, while Kennedy has this strong religion…

- Eugene Mccarthy

We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it.

- Eugene Mccarthy

One thing about a pig, he thinks he's warm if his nose is warm. I saw a bunch of pigs one time that had frozen together in a rosette, each one's nose…

- Eugene Mccarthy

Broken things are powerful."Things about to break are stronger still.The last shot from the brittle bow is truest.

- Eugene Mccarthy

The polls show that 10 percent of the public are ready to vote for me even though they don't know I'm running. We hope that figure won't drop when th…

- Eugene Mccarthy

There are two ways that you can gain territory from another group. One is by conquest. That's essentially the way we took California from Mexico and.…

- Eugene Mccarthy

I may have been prejudiced against lawyer members of Congress, having run against one or two and having been threatened politically by a few others, …

- Eugene Mccarthy

Vote against anything introduced with a "re" in it, especially reforms, reorganizations, and recodifications. This usually means going back to someth…

- Eugene Mccarthy

Let us pick up again these lost strands and weave them again into the fabric of America, sort out the music from the sounds and again respond to the …

- Eugene Mccarthy