WIST Quotations

McGovern, George -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

George McGovern (1922–2012) American historian, author, politician
(Attributed)

McGovern, George -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:31:35 +0000

It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil, … that all politicians are mere opportunists, that all aspects of university life are corrupt. Having discovered an illness, it’s not terribly useful to prescribe death as a cure.

George McGovern (1922–2012) American historian, author, politician
(Attributed)

McGovern, George -- Lecture at Oxford University (Jan 1973)

Dave — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:01:29 +0000

To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in the course of recent history. The New Deal was ended by World War II. The New Frontier was closed by Berlin and Cuba almost before it was opened. And the Great Society lost its greatness in the jungles of Indochina.
ATTRIBUTION: Lecture at Oxford University, NY Times 22 Jan 73

George McGovern (1922–2012) American historian, author, politician
Lecture at Oxford University (Jan 1973)

Reported in the NY Times (22 Jan 1973)