George McGovern

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

I never even had the time to read novels.

I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.