"It's 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
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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.“
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"There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war."
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"I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it."
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"It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it."
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"I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that."
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"I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way."
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