And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.
BARRY GOLDWATERWhen fraternities are not allowed, Communism flourishes. Young men who are inexperienced but have faith are more useful than older, experienced men without faith. The fraternity system is a bastion of American strength.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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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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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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A woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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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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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
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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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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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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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History has to judge every man who served. I don’t know how they’re going to treat me. I may be the worst S.O.B. that ever came down the pike. But I won’t lose any sleep over it. I just like to be remembered as an honest person who tried.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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