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 thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it. – George McGovern

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War
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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. – George McGovern

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War
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I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American. – George McGovern

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Love
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Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isnt him. This is not him. – Michael Jackson

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A flower falls, even though we love it and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. – Dogen

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Be everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way. – Amrit Desai

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When we ask for love, we dont ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice… and begging or pleading for love. – Mortimer Adler

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You dont want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colours from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them. – Richard Bach

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In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor. – Paul Harris

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Time is bunk. – Douglas Adams

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Time

When bureaucrats talk about increasing our access to x, y or z, what theyre really talking about is increasing exponentially their control over our lives. As it is with the government health care takeover, so it is with the newly approved government plan to increase Internet access. – Michelle Malkin

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