"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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"I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.“
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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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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
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