Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
BARRY GOLDWATERReligious 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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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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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.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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 only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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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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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.
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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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I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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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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