“From secrecy and deception in high places-come home, America.
From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation-
come home, America. From the entrenchment of special privilege
and tax favoritism – come home, America. From the waste of idle hands
to the joy of useful labor- come home, America. From the prejudice
of race and sex- come home, America. From the loneliness of the aging
poor and the despair of the neglected sick come home, America.
Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to
the conviction that we can move our country forward. Come home
to the belief that we can seek a newer world. May God grant the wisdom
to cherish this good land, to meet the great challenge that beckons us
home”. George McGovern
Spoken at the 1972 Democratic national convention which he won.
He was defeated by the incumbent president Richard Nixon, a pity, as Nixon resigned in disgrace two years later. Islander.
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