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.
BARRY GOLDWATERI think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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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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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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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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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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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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 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 constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
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