While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.
BARRY GOLDWATERAnd 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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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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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 could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives.
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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.
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If you don’t mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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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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