Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
BARRY GOLDWATERI do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads toward a staggering addition to the national debt. “L.B.J.” should stand for Light Bulb Johnson.
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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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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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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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When white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
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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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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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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?
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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