I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.
George McGovernThe highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.
George McGovernOne of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.
George McGovernFrom secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America. From the entrenchment of special privileges in tax favoritism; from the waste of idle lands to the joy of useful labor; from the prejudice based on race and sex; from the loneliness of the aging poor and the despair of the neglected sick - come home, America.
George McGovern