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You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.

- Hubert H. Humphrey

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher standard.

- George McGovern

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

- George McGovern

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

- George McGovern

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.'

- George McGovern

The second, sober thought of the people is seldom wrong, and always efficient.

- Martin Van Buren

But it is hazardous and, I believe, counterproductive to become frozen in time by an obsession with past wrongs and errors.

- George McGovern

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

- George McGovern

When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.

- Bill Bradley

Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.

- Bill Bradley

Ambition is the path to #success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

- Bill Bradley

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

- Martin Van Buren

I worked in the media from the late 30's through the early 70's. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed.

- Jesse Helms

Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless.

- Robert Casey

In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.

- J. William Fulbright

Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.

- Sherrod Brown

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children.

- Fred Thompson

The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue.

- Saxby Chambliss

Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.

- Barbara Boxer

Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure.

- Christopher Dodd