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Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward. Come home to the belief that we can seek a newer world. And let us be joyful in the homecoming.
George McGovern
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George McGovern
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 19
Died: 2012
Died: October 21
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I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.
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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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There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.
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I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.
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I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.
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We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it....I do not intend to remain silent in the face of what I regard as a policy of madness which, sooner or later, will envelop my son and American youth by the millions for years to come.
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