I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American. George McGovern Read Quote
There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war. George McGovern Read Quote
Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. George McGovern Read Quote
I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out. George McGovern Read Quote
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. George McGovern Read Quote
When you start one of these programs, school lunch programs, in a country that heretofore had nothing of that kind, immediately school enrollment jumps dramatically. Girls and boys get to the classroom with the promise of a good meal once a day. George McGovern Read Quote
I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. George McGovern Read Quote
When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers. George McGovern Read Quote
