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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

George McGovern

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George McGovern
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 19
Died: 2012
Died: October 21
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My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'
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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've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.
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When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.
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You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.
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Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.
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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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Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'
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Reaganism is not only at odds with the Judeo-Christian heritage, it will not work.
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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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I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie.
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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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It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.
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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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Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward. Come home to the belief that we can seek a newer world. And let us be joyful in the homecoming.
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I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps: ... At the end of the war in the Persian Gulf, press for a comprehensive Middle East settlement and for a 'new world order' based not on Pax Americana but on peace through law with a stronger U.N. and World Court.
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