"People didn’t have the political guts to stand up against an American war." ― George McGovern Topic(s): War More From George McGovern "I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we’ve been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world." "The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security." "I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in." More In War "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."― Winston Churchill "I’m world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I’ve been able to bring them some joy from the movies I’ve made."― Tony Curtis "If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering."― Dennis Prager