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Eugene McCarthy Quotes: You know when I first thought I might have a chance? When I realized that you could go into any bar in the country and insult Lyndon Johnson and nobody would punch you in the nose.
         

You know when I first thought I might have a chance? When I realized that you could go into any bar in the country and insult Lyndon Johnson and nobody would punch you in the nose.


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An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.



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We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it.



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As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.



This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.

This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.



Vote against anything introduced with a "re" in it, especially reforms, reorganizations, and recodifications. This usually means going back to something that failed once and is likely to do so again.

Vote against anything introduced with a "re" in it, especially reforms, reorganizations, and recodifications. This usually means going back to something that failed once and is likely to do so again.



We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense.

We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense.



It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.



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Whatever is morally necessary must be made politically possible.



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The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency.





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No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.

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