“It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.”
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I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.
I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.
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.