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George McGovern
16 quotes
“From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a Speech in 1972, quoted in The Genius of McGovern’s ‘Come Home, America’ Vision, The Nation, by John Nichols (19 October 2012)
“We are the party that believes we can’t let the strong kick aside the weak... Our party believes that poor children should be as well educated as those from wealthy families. We believe that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes and that everyone should have access to health care... With the country burdened economically... there has never been a more critical time in our nation’s history” to rely on those principles.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me...I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy, and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation’s well-being.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: George McGovern Dies at 90, a Liberal Trounced but Never Silenced, New York Times, David E. Rosenbaum (21 October 2012)
“I think the Vietnamese are better off in Vietnam.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Newsweek May 5, 1975. Quoted by Quang X. Pham in Ford's Finest Legacy in the Washington Post (30 December 2006)
“I opened the doors of the Democratic Party and 20 million people walked out. -ibid”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In 1988, I invested most of the earnings from this lecture circuit acquiring the leasehold on Connecticut's Stratford Inn… In retrospect, I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of such a business, especially during a recession of the kind that hit New England just as I was acquiring the inn's 43-year leasehold. 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.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today we are much closer to a general acknowledgment that government must encourage business to expand and grow. Bill Clinton, Paul Tsongas, Bob Kerrey and others have, I believe, changed the debate of our party. We intuitively know that to create job opportunities we need entrepreneurs who will risk their capital against an expected payoff. Too often, however, public policy does not consider whether we are choking off those opportunities.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For example, the papers today are filled with stories about businesses dropping health coverage for employees. We provided a substantial package for our staff at the Stratford Inn. However, were we operating today, those costs would exceed $150,000 a year for health care on top of salaries and other benefits. There would have been no reasonably way for us to absorb or pass on these costs.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In short, ‘one-size-fits-all’ rules for business ignore the reality of the market place. And setting thresholds for regulatory guidelines at artificial levels--e.g., 50 employees or more, $500,000 in sales--takes no account of other realities, such as profit margins, labor intensive vs. capital intensive businesses, and local market economics.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Chairman (Larry) O'Brien, Chairwoman (Yvonne) Burke, Senator (Ted) Kennedy, Senator (Thomas) Eagleton and my fellow citizens, I'm happy to join us (sic) for this benediction of our Friday sunrise service. I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this Convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. And I can tell you that Eleanor (McGovern) is very grateful that the Oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with (wife of Attorney General John N Mitchell) Martha Mitchell. -McGovern's acceptance speech at the 1972 Democratic National Convention, America's Political Parties: Power and Privelige Part 1: The Democrats hosted by Ben Wattenberg”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But my business associates and I also lived with federal, state and local rules that were all passed with the objective of helping employees, protecting the environment, raising tax dollars for schools, protecting our customers from fire hazards, etc. While I never doubted the worthiness of any of these goals, the concept that most often eludes legislators is: `Can we make consumers pay the higher prices for the increased operating costs that accompany public regulation and government reporting requirements with reams of red tape. It is a simple concern that is nonetheless often ignored by legislators.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source