Quote by George McGovern
It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our na

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it. – George McGovern

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Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. – George McGovern

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Faith
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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. – George McGovern

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Knowledge
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People didnt have the political guts to stand up against an American war. – George McGovern

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War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. – Thomas Paine

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War is the province of danger. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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War

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash. – Fred Woodworth

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There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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When you bow deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you. – Morihei Ueshiba

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