Quote by George McGovern
People didnt have the political guts to stand up against an Americ

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

Other quotes by George McGovern

Its 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. – George McGovern

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War
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The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security. – George McGovern

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There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. – Barack Obama

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When the rich wage war, its the poor who die. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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War

You might hold an ethical position that its wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to keep them secret for practical reasons – to reduce casualties, perhaps – and someone asks you about those plans, you may need to lie for a good outcome. – Peter Singer

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War

We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we dont control that. If politicians want a war we dont control that. Acts of terrorism, we cant control them. – will.i.am

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War

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Underneath courage shouts fear but of a hoarse voice. – Terri Guillemets

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Courage

If youre a Christian you dont sit there and worry about what somebody else is doing, if theyre happy and theyre committed in a relationship. – Howard Stern

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relationship

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic. – Nick Clooney

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Attitude

Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause. – Clarence Darrow, Resist Not Evil

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Conformity