Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?
BARRY GOLDWATERThroughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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The best thing Clinton could do — I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I’m not sure — is to shut up. Every time I turn that radio on, there’s Clinton, making a speech. And he makes speeches on a subject he doesn’t know anything about. He has no discipline.
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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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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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The 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.
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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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In your heart you know he’s right.
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The big thing is to make this country – quit discriminating against people just because they’re gay. You don’t have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They’re American citizens.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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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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Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.
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We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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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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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.
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