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

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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

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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

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We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. – Howard Zinn

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Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast. – Graham Greene

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Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920s and 1930s when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brothers keeper. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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If you live long enough, youll see that every victory turns into a defeat. – Simone de Beauvoir

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