Eugene McCarthy Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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.

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