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I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.

Barry Goldwater

And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Civilization Country Government
I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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Business Men Thinking
To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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Discovery Essentials Mind
Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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Differences Equality Father
We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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Inspirational Return Way
History has to judge every man who served. I don’t know how they’re going to treat me. I may be the worst S.O.B. that ever came down the pike. But I won’t lose any sleep over it. I just like to be remembered as an honest person who tried.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Judging Men Sleep
I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
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Giving Men President
Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States’ Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a ‘general assumption’ but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.
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Commitment Meaningful Party
In your heart you know he’s right.
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Funny Heart Humor
Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Defense Liberty Vices
Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Enjoy Like You Sex
A woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Abortion Decision Religious
I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Hurt Inspirational Life
If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Drinking Government Political
It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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Country Growing Political Up
There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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Country Defense Liberty

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I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.

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