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.
BARRY GOLDWATERUnlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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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In your heart you know he’s right.
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If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
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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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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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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
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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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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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I’ve always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.
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I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don’t know about–and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
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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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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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