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 GOLDWATERThe Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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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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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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Well, once you’ve been in the Canyon and once you’ve sort of fallen in love with it, it never ends…it’s always been a fascinating place to me, in fact I’ve often said that if I ever had a mistress it would be the Grand Canyon.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers … If you love your country, don’t depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don’t leave it all up to big government.
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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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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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