Eugene McCarthy Famous Quotes



"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."

Saying we should keep the two-party political system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life rafts.

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

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

"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important."


Eugene McCarthy Quotations






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