“It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.”
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I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.
I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program.
I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.
