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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In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director whos never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you dont look at war as a geopolitical endeavor. – Steven Spielberg

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One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis of liberalism. This is not only a question of alarmingly illiberal legislation, but a more general problem of how the liberal state deals with its anti-liberal enemies. – Terry Eagleton

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Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War – both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. Theres a pulse to it. – Diane Kruger

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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism – despotism during the campaign – is indispensable. – Walter Bagehot

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I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance – the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace. – Richard Cobden

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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary. – Victor Hugo

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Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the suns shining or not. – Marty Robbins

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Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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