Famous Quotes

"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."

George McGovern on Peace

More quotes about Peace

• "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

  Jimi Hendrix on Peace

• "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Peace

• "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

  Mother Teresa on Peace

• "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Peace

• "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."

  John Lennon on Peace

More quotes by George McGovern

• "My dad was a Methodist minister."

• "Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public."

• "I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society."

• "Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner."

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