I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior.

George McGovern Quotes