“There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.”
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“I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.”
HealthAll Quotes by George McGovern
“I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.”
War“From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.”
Home“I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.”
War“People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.”
War“The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.”
Love“I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program.”
Hope“I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.”
Government“When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.”
War“I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.”
Knowledge“The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.”
History“It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.”
War“I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.”
War“I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.”
Freedom“It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war.”
War“I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.”
Health“Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.”
Government“Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.”
Faith“I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.”
Peace“When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.”
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