6 Quotes & Sayings By Eugene Mccarthy

Eugene McCarthy was born in 1914, in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended the University of Kansas and the Yale Law School. After graduation he worked for the Justice Department as an assistant attorney general. His involvement in politics led him to help organize the left-leaning Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) which played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s Read more

He ran for President in 1968 as a Democrat and received 9.5 percent of the vote. The following year he was elected Senator from Minnesota, where he served until 1981. The Eugene McCarthy Center for Peace and Progress is dedicated to promoting peace and social justice through education, research, and activism.

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He's like a football coach who's smart enough to win the game and dumb enough to think it's important. Eugene McCarthy
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The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honour the territorial imperative. Eugene McCarthy
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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. Eugene McCarthy
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It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember. Eugene McCarthy
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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. Eugene McCarthy