It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our … - George McGovern

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious pursuit of knowledge, alluding to Icarus of the Greek myth.

George McGovern

It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and if this war mushrooms into a major conflict and a hundred thousand young Americans are killed it won t be U. S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify for the Senate.

Bravery, Fighting, Floor, Military, Vietnam, War

Same Author Quotes

Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!"

Enacted, People, Security, Shut Up, Social, Working

Don't throw away your conscience.

Away, Conscience, Throw

One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.

Iraq, America, Vietnam, Parallels, Sharp

I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.

1971, Hurdle, Nomination, President, Thinking, Winning

I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.

Promise, President, Troops, Deep, 21000