My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
BARRY GOLDWATERThe effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on – after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’
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And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives.
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I’d rather see a woman elected…They understand they can’t spend more money than the old man brings home.
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Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man’s spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,— in the name of a concern for “human beings”— regard the satisfaction of economic wants as the dominant mission of society.
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I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.
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When fraternities are not allowed, Communism flourishes. Young men who are inexperienced but have faith are more useful than older, experienced men without faith. The fraternity system is a bastion of American strength.
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In your heart you know he’s right.
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