Its a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war. – George McGovern
Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. – George McGovern
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
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