George McGovern Quotes

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

I wanted to help the world be more just.

All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst.

Compassion, hope, and opportunity are some of the most fundamentally American values that we should fight like hell to protect.

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.

My father was a humanitarian, but he didn't side one way or another with any certain right's groups. He just believed in people.

I don't think I necessarily try to help women; I just try to help people.

I'm a Democrat because I want every American to have a fair shot at the American Dream. That's what ties it all together for me, and in my experience, that means recognizing that no one is dealing with life one 'issue' at a time.

I hope to leave my children a sense of empathy and pity and a will to right social wrongs

I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning.

I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to possess a larger share of material items and monetary wealth than others less fortunate. I believe in sharing, assisting, and just lending a helping hand to people.

If we don't stand up for others, who will be left to stand up for us?

Hatred of injustice is not the same thing as a love for everyday people.

We have to take care of people on all sides. We need justice.

The fire in the bellies of the good people who work for a more fair and just world for all of us - that spark never fails to inspire me and warm my heart.

I cannot accept that to be realistic means to tolerate misery, violence and hate. I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering. I shall never accept that the law can be used to justify tragedy, to keep things as they are, to make us abandon our ideas of a different world. Law is the path of liberty, and must as such open the way to progress for everyone.

My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

We must display a heart for every American, and a special passion for those still on the first rung of life's ladder.

Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also help us live up to the basic ideals, such as liberty and justice for all, on which our country was founded.

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice.

I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone - but we over-respect no one.