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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.

Barry Goldwater

We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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Electrical Mean Power Rivers
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Day Freedom Gay Memorial
I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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Choices Echoes Inspiring
Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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Gay Julius Military
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
Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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Chief Instrument Liberty Men
You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
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Bomb Civilian Peace War
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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Country Issues Place Religious
Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.
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Long Men Opportunity
After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by saying that I would have been a great success in the movies working for Eighteenth Century-Fox.
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Foxes Great Long Success
I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.
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Baseball Basketball Football
You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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Country Fighting Needs
We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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Giving Rifles Sex
The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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Diplomats Doe Succeed
Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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Government Liberty People
Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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Owner Rights Union

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