Gary Settle/The New York Times
Sen. George McGovern preparing remarks in a hotel room in Columbus, Ohio, on May 2, 1972.
George S. McGovern, a former senator from South Dakota and the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, wrote several Op-Eds over the years. Here is a sample of some of those articles.
Feb. 5, 1971: An Opening to the Far East (pdf)
"Our actions and preparations for dealing with the China of our imaginations has damaged us far more than the China that is real either can or could."
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April 25, 1972: My Stand (pdf)
"Most Americans see the establishment center as an empty, decaying void that commands niether their confidence nor their love."
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Oct. 11, 1973: From a Man Who (pdf)
"Much of the stale repetition about the 'disaster' of 1972 is the product of cynicism and a superficial toughness believed to be a safer posture than old-fashioned idealism."
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June 26, 1978: A Cool Foreign Policy (pdf)
"In recent days there have been implications suggesting that the United States is standing by helplessly while the Soviet Union, with the help of Cuba, is taking over first Africa and then the world. We cannot conduct foreign policy as though every stirring in Africa, Asia or the Indian Ocean is another Cuban missile crisis."
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April 3, 1982: Policies Democrats Should Pursue
"I'm not yet ready to surrender the New Deal, the Square Deal, the New Frontier, the Great Society — or the hope that America will again become the great land it can be when it is faithful to its founding ideals."
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May 11, 1983: 'Trashing' Candidates
"An interesting paradox of American politics is that every Presidential contender longs to become the front-runner, but this position once achieved becomes so hazardous as to be perceived as a possible liability on the road to nomination and election."
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June 27, 1987: The 'Toughness' Candidate in 1988
"To be tough today is to recognize that while America will always need an adequate military defense, most of the dangers and opportunities that confront us are economic, political, diplomatic and moral."
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Dec. 5, 1999: Discovering Greatness in Lyndon Johnson
"Like many Americans, I was deeply opposed to Lyndon Johnson's pursuit of the Vietnam War. My views on the war have not changed, but my opinion of Johnson has."
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May 13, 2008: A Two-for-One Campaign
"To reduce the risk of creating the kind of divisions that afflicted Democrats during my campaigns, here is a proposal that I hope Senators Clinton and Obama and our party will consider."
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Aug. 28, 2008: Help Wanted
"When I arrived in Miami on the Sunday before the Democratic convention in 1972, I had yet to select a running mate."
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