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It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.
George McGovern
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George McGovern
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 19
Died: 2012
Died: October 21
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George Stanley McGovern
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I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets.
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The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.
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I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
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Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.
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I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.
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I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.
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Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!
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We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.
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To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in the course of recent history. The New Deal was ended by World War II. The New Frontier was closed by Berlin and Cuba almost before it was opened. And the Great Society lost its greatness in the jungles of Indochina.
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I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.
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Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.
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Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.
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It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.
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It's nice not to have to worry about constituents, now, I simply do what I want.
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I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.
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