122 Quotes by George McGovern



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

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    It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil that all politicians are mere opportunists, that all aspects of university life are corrupt. Having discovered an illness, it's not terribly useful to prescribe death as a cure.

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    It is appropriate to meet in a church because today we're talking about what is one of the clearly most deeply moral challenges of our time.

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    My role tonight is to sit there and enjoy it and applaud at the appropriate places in case he says something wise,

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    that you only have a realistic hope of ending poverty if you can somehow curb the destruction and waste and the devastation of war.

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    Eli had courage in seeking to halt ill-conceived and unnecessary wars that degrade our moral standing in the world.

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    This is an area where we ought to begin using the funds that Congress has authorized and appropriated for this purpose instead of leaving those funds lying on the table.

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