"When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up." ― George McGovern Topic(s): War More From George McGovern "I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way." "Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it’s our partner." "I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program." More In War "The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it."― George C. Marshall "One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda."― Douglas MacArthur "The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families."― Bob Schieffer