George McGovern Quotes

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.

I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.

Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.

Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.

Honestly is always an option, even when you don't think it is.

There is a political value in being honest and saying what you mean.

I have to be honest with myself, and make sure I am doing things the right way.

Maybe sometimes you are punished for honesty, but I always prefer to be honest.

When you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear. When you do the right things in the right way you have nothing to lose because you have nothing to fear.

Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

You shouldn't have one opinion when you're running and another when you're president.

I try to be honest.

Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.

Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

Let us be tried by our actions.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.