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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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I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

~ George Mcgovern

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

~ George Mcgovern

When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.

~ George Mcgovern

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

~ George Mcgovern