Eugene McCarthy

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.

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I can still smell the tear gas in the Hilton Hotel.

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No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.

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

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The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.

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

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

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Quotes by Eugene McCarthy