The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
BARRY GOLDWATERThe constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.
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By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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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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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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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 thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’
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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 am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.
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And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
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I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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