The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

Quote by George McGovern

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Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in...

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in...

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of...

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of...

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite...

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite...

The longer the title, the less important the job.

The longer the title, the less important the job.

I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the...

I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the...

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters...

The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters...

I hope Howard Dean is like George McGovern. I thought I was a pretty good...

I hope Howard Dean is like George McGovern. I thought I was a pretty good...

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of...

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of...

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history....

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history....

It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil,... that all politicians are mere...

It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil,... that all politicians are mere...

I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him...

I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him...

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men...

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men...

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men...

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men...

Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind. Individuals, and not masses, form...

Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind. Individuals, and not masses, form...

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace...

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace...

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked...

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked...

History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of...

History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of...

Guerrillas war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the...

Guerrillas war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the...