"It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war."
-George McGovern
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"Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.“
-George McGovern
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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."
-George McGovern
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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
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"It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it."
-George McGovern
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"I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that."
-George McGovern
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"I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way."
-George McGovern
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"Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her."
-James Hal Cone
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"I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind."
-Saint Bernard
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"I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs."
-Wayne Newton
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"Faith is a higher faculty than reason."
-H. C. Bailey
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"I've always had great faith in people."
-Wayne Newton
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"I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey."
-Joanna Trollope
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