American - Politician | July 19, 1922 - October 21, 2012
I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.
George McGovern
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One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.
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As an American, I want our forces to prevail.
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I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.
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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 think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
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At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.
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From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.
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Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.
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You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.
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I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets.
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When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.
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