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

Have you ever tried to split sawdust?
Eugene McCarthy

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

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

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

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

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