George McGovern Quotes

Ultimately, I'm about liberty and I think you have to defend it.

Liberal Democracy is all about extending choice. Give people the option to decide their retirement age, and you immediately extend their freedom in a very significant way.

Isn't allowing people a choice what America is all about?

There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems, and that is our liberty.

[Liberty] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society.

The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us.

I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.

Personal liberty is not personal license.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

Certainly the people have the right to say that they do not want to do something.

Civil liberty is the power of a civil society or state to govern itself by its own discretion or by laws of its own making, without being subject to the impositions of any power in appointing and directing which the collective body of the people have no concern and over which they have no control

Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives; no one should be subject to the will of another.

A free People will be showing that they are so, by their Freedom of Speech

Why shouldn't I do what I want to do... I'm an American citizen.

Why is freedom such a hard sell? That's the question. In this country, why has the idea of individual liberty and responsibility become such a hard sell? That's something I never thought would happen here.

All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.

It really is this: you are either for liberty, you're for freedom, and you're for living how you want to live without infringing and impugning on anyone else's rights, or you want the state to deal with everything.

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

People are free to do whatever they want to do.

Would you rather be right or free?

We need to respect choices that women make.

But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests. That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.

Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.

I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual.