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.
BARRY GOLDWATERWhen white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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In your heart you know he’s right.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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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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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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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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