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" I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program. "

George McGovern

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" When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers. "

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" My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad. "

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" Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too. "

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" I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command. "

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" I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. "

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" Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. "

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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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" 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. "

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" I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time. "

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