George McGovern

When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.

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.

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

The longer the title, the less important the job.

I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets.

I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.