Mike Gravel Quotes

• Something is monitoring the planet. And they are monitoring it very cautiously.

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  Mike Gravel

  Life   Monitoring   Planets  

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• The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse.

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  Mike Gravel

  Soldier   Dying   Vietnam  

  Mike Gravel's speech at the 2008 Democratic primary Presidential debate in Orangeburg, South Carolina, www.nbcnews.com. April 26, 2007.

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• I’m sure a lot of you have tripped out on alcohol. It’s a lot safer to do it on marijuana

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  Mike Gravel

  Marijuana   Alcohol  

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• We have become a nation ruled by fear. Since the end of the Second World War, various political leaders have fostered fear in the American people--fear of communism, fear of terrorism, fear of immigrants, fear of people based on race and religion, fear of gays and lesbians in love who just want to get married and fear of people who are somehow different. It is fear that allows political leaders to manipulate us all and distort our national priorities.

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  Mike Gravel

  War   Gay   Race  

  Mike Gravel (2011). “A Political Odyssey: The Rise of American Militarism and One Man's Fight to Stop It”, p.252, Seven Stories Press

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