"Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills."

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Source : George McGovern (2011). “What It Means to Be a Democrat”, p.13, Penguin

George McGovern

#Tears Quotes #Wells Quotes

“My mantra is always, "Take a nap first, Matt! Then think." It's silly, but it works.”
“Politics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need.”
“There are no utopia jobs on this earth, .. There's nobody out there that can say, 'I've got the ideal job and there are no problems.' If your self worth is based on what other people think of you, you're in trouble. My self worth is not based on them. My self worth is based on my faith, how I treat others, what I'm doing right for this program and these kids and this coaching staff. Other than that, I understand you're not going to please everybody.”
“I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.”
“I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.”

Source : "On Location: Women of the Night". TV Special, July 11, 1987.
“Every time you see a University of Michigan team, you're going to see a team that's going to play together & fight until the end until there's two zeros on the clock.”
“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”

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