Eugene J Mccarthy quotes

" It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember. " # Politicians and Politics # Danger # Community

" One thing about a pig, he thinks he's warm if his nose is warm. I saw a bunch of pigs one time that had frozen together in a rosette, each one's nose tucked under the rump of the one in front. We have a lot of pigs in politics. " # Politicians and Politics # Time and Time Management # Love

" The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon, and the incompetence of Carter. Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts. " # Politicians and Politics # Life and Living # Success

" The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty. " # Bureaucracy # Liberty # World Affairs

" This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country. " # Politicians and Politics # AIDS # Aid and Assistance

" Have you ever tried to split sawdust? " # Past

" We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it. " # President # Patriotism # Politics

" I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really, through which I hope that the judgment and the will of this nation can be expressed. " # Judgment and Judges # Hope # Love

" The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative. " # Quotations

" Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. " # Quotations