Quote by George McGovern
There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war. – George McGovern

Other quotes by George McGovern

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American. – George McGovern

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History
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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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Love
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I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way. – George McGovern

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War
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The Cold War isnt thawing it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isnt sleeping it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting. – Richard M. Nixon

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War is sweet to those who have not experienced it. – Desiderius Erasmus

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Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient? – Oriana Fallaci

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War

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers. – Alfred Adler

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I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions. – Harry Browne

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A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age. – Margaret Mead

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When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life. – DeForest Soaries

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relationship