It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it. – George McGovern
I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that weve been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world. – 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
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
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. – Charles Sumner