Quote by George McGovern
When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up. – George McGovern

Other quotes by George McGovern

I think the countrys getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. – George McGovern

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Government
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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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History
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War
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Ill keep us out of war with Oklahoma! – Kinky Friedman

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War

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. – Wendell Phillips

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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

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? – Holly Near

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War

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Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. – William Shenstone

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Fear

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it. – Douglas Jerrold, “Meeting Troubles Half-Way,” 1859

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Optimism

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. – Angela Carter

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Sleep

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that its easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin man and the loner. – Steve Martin

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alone