Quote by George McGovern
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referr

When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I. – George McGovern

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Im fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. – George McGovern

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Men
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I make one pledge above all others – to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command. – George McGovern

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Truth
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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

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Theres an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, theyve taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law. – Pat Robertson

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War

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military. – Barack Obama

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Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality. – James A. Garfield

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War is fear cloaked in courage. – William Westmoreland

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War

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I love the body. Flesh is so honest, and organs do not lie. – Terri Guillemets

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Spend not on hopes. – George Herbert

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In European folk-lore, the bear is the Candlemas weather-prophet. – John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phras

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However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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