"I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf."
― George McGovern
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War
― George McGovern
More From George McGovern
- "You know, sometimes, when they say you’re ahead of your time, it’s just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing."
- "The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one’s country deep enough to call her to a higher plain."
- "Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it’s our partner."
More In War
- "The war… was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides."― Robert E. Lee
- "What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party."― Thomas Frank
- "The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead."― John le Carre