"People didn’t have the political guts to stand up against an American war."
― George McGovern
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War
― George McGovern
More From George McGovern
- "I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that."
- "Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public."
- "I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way."
More In War
- "A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war."― Herbert V. Prochnow
- "Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat."― Ron Paul
- "One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you’d see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans."― George H. W. Bush