Quote by George McGovern
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so i

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it. – George McGovern

Other quotes by George McGovern

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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History
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I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program. – George McGovern

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Hope
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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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Home
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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War

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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War

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers. – Joni Mitchell

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War

The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you. – Chris Christie

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War

Random Quotes

I think it has something to do with being British. We dont take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously I find that a very tedious attitude. – Joan Collins

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Attitude

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. – Virginia Woolf

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Happiness

People always think that if you eat anything as a model, its amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know Im going to throw up afterwards. – Christy Turlington

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amazing

The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Stress