"I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf."

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George McGovern

#War Quotes #Campaigns Quotes #Persian Quotes

“He says when your grandmother died your mother cried solidly for a week, solidly. She was crying with relief he says, it was like as if a door had been unlocked and she'd been let outside, she said to me I'm safe now. He waits, and he says this kid, when it's born, you mustn't ever let it think it's anything other than a gift and a blessing, do you hear me?”

Source : Jon McGregor (2014). “If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things”, p.177, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research.”
“I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.”
“I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world - the money is OK but it is no life at all.”
“...she starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see...”
“It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars.”
“I am trying to do my own thing, but there will always be comparisons, even if I don't agree with them.”
“In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.”

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