When you start one of these programs, school lunch programs, in a country that heretofore had nothing of that kind, immediately school enrollment jumps dramatically. Girls and boys get to the classroom with the promise of a good meal once a day.
George McGovernMy heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.
George McGovernThere is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.
George McGovernAnd above all, above all, honest work must be rewarded by a fair and just tax system. The tax system today does not reward hard work: it penalizes it. Inherited or invested wealth frequently multiplies itself while paying no taxes at all. But wages on the assembly line or in farming the land, these hard-earned dollars are taxed to the very last penny.
George McGovern