To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
BARRY GOLDWATERThroughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.
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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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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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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?
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We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
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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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