George Stanley McGovern quotes

" The longer the title, the less important the job. " # Books - Reading

" The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity. " # Elections # Tragedies # Funny

" The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters out front and they came away thinking that was me. " # Talent # Television # Thoughts and Thinking

" 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. " # Freedom # Failure # War

" When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, Can we stand anything else " # President # Politics # Trials