Top 68 Quotes by George McGovern

The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.

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

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

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

Now, I simply do what I want.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

I move ahead, I live.

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie.

I'm a movie buff.

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