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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.

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 didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me.
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A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.
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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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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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The longer the title, the less important the job.
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One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.
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I didn't used to care about living a long time. Not that I wasn't enjoying life, but I never sat around asking how I'd get to be 100, you know. But now I want to live long enough to see every school child in the world getting a good, nutritious lunch every day.
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I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.
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My dad was a Methodist minister.
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I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots.
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My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'
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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.
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Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood.
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It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.
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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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Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.
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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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We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost
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