American - Politician | July 19, 1922 - October 21, 2012
I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true.
George McGovern
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I'm a movie buff.
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I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.
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Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior.
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Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.
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I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.
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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 seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.
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