"Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down ..."

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Source : "What It Means to Be a Democrat". Book by George McGovern, www.politico.com. 2011.

George McGovern

#Mean Quotes #Compassion Quotes #People Quotes

“I have 12 paintings of Kaufman art. He is an amazing artist.”
“It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and I was pumped up and I thought technically I was on and I figured where else to open up my outdoor season than here.”
“Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred.”

Source : "Patriotism and Poverty". "The Daily People" Newspaper, July 26, 1900.
“In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies.”
“Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do”
“The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.”
“...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.”
“In the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it ... But people voted because they were fearful and people said there could be another attack and Americans will blame me if I don't vote on this.”

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