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

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The Establishment center… has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster – a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation. – George McGovern

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From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America. – 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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We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? Its a delusion to think its gone away. – Kevin Costner

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In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening. – Gene Tierney

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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. – Simone Weil

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Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence. – Ben Kingsley

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Chance is the providence of adventurers. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Talking isnt doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well and yet words are not deeds. – William Shakespeare

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