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Never say anything that, down inside, you think is wrong.
George McGovern
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George McGovern
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 19
Died: 2012
Died: October 21
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George Stanley McGovern
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I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets.
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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.
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I didn't used to care about living a long time. Not that I wasn't enjoying life, but I never sat around asking how I'd get to be 100, you know. But now I want to live long enough to see every school child in the world getting a good, nutritious lunch every day.
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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 did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
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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 have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost
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It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.
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It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today has probably been more harmful and done more damage than the disease.
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I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie.
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My dad was a Methodist minister.
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Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.
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I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots.
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.
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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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Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.
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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.
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Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.
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If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq.
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Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.
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