George Aiken
George David Aiken (August 20, 1892 – November 19, 1984) was an American politician from Vermont. A Republican, he served as Governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and as a U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1975.
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- Today the Republican Party attracts neither the farmer nor the industrial worker. Why not? To represent the people one must know them. Lincoln did. The Republican Party leadership does not. The greatest praise I can give Lincoln on this his anniversary is to say he would be ashamed of his party's leadership today.
- 1938 radio broadcast from New York City marking Abraham Lincoln's birthday, quoted in Vermont Today, Vermont's Great Moments of the 20th Century[1]
- Let's Declare Victory and Get Out!
- Attributed to Aiken. See Let's Declare Victory and Get Out!': Vermont Senator George D. Aiken and the Vietnam War
