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Famous Eugene McCarthy Quotes
“War is indefensible on every grounds, military and economic and diplomatic and also on moral.”
“We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense.”
“If you're in the penaut business you learn to think small.”
“The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle.”
“In politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted.”
“Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember.”
“Remember that the worst accidents occur in the middle of the road.”
“The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency.”
“I would not want to put him in charge of snake control in Ireland.”
“It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.”
“If any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency.”
“An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.”
“Whatever is morally necessary must be made politically possible.”