Logo
Quote by George McGovern
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official polic

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of ones country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. – George McGovern

Other quotes by George McGovern

I make one pledge above all others – to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command. – George McGovern

Category:
Truth
Author
George McGovern
Read Quote

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up. – George McGovern

Category:
War
Author
George McGovern
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Love
category

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If were looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldnt test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. – P. J. ORourke

Category:
Love

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate – its apathy. Its not giving a damn. – Leo Buscaglia

Category:
Love

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love. – Niccolo Machiavelli

Category:
Love

When I am gone, my love, do not look for me in the places we used to go to together. Look for me in the places we always planned to go to together. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Love

Random Quotes

I think Im also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records. – Michelle Branch

Category:
teen

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was. – Maya Lin

Category:
Politics

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of ones faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of ones memories. – W. Somerset Maugham

Category:
Age

Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market class of workers in our society, jeopardizing the financial health of companies which play by the rules, while themselves vulnerable to the exploitation by those willing to take advantage of their illegal status. – Spencer Bachus

Category:
Health