George McGovern Quotes
1922–2012 United States
George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian, author, U.S. Representative, U.S.
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I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
I think the Vietnamese are better off in Vietnam.
Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward.
From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.
From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America.
In short, ‘one-size-fits-all’ rules for business ignore the reality of the market place.
If we some day choke on the pollution of our own air, there will be little consolation in leaving behind a dying continent ringed with steel.
From secrecy and deception in high places... From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America...
I opened the doors of the Democratic Party and 20 million people walked out. -ibid
From the entrenchment of special privileges in tax favoritism; from the waste of idle lands to the joy of useful labor; from the prejudice based on race and sex; from the loneliness of the aging poor and the despair of the neglected sick: come home, America.
I also wish that during the years I was in public office, I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day. That knowledge would have made me a better U.S. senator and a more understanding presidential contender.
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I. Well, what we have now, at least two thirds of it, is the war debt. We're never going to make a substantial cut in that debt until we quit getting into these unnecessary wars.
The problem we face as legislators is: Where do we set the bar so that it is not too high to clear? I don't have the answer. I do know that we need to start raising these questions more often.