Barry Goldwater quotes - page 3

Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order. (Barry Goldwater)
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. View quote
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The big thing is to make this country - quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They're American citizens. View quote
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction. View quote
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Government should stay the hell out of people's business. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions. View quote
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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery. View quote
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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. View quote
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We shall return to proven ways - not because they are old, but because they are true. View quote
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‎"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical care, human welfare, etc.] and believing that the federal government is the proper agent for their solution. (Barry Goldwater)
Conservatism, we are told, is out-of-date. This charge is preposterous and we ought to boldly say so. The laws of God, and of nature, have no dateline. These principles are derived from the nature of man, and from the truths that God has revealed about His creation. To suggest that the Conservative philosophy is out of date is akin to saying that the Golden Rule, or the Ten Commandments or Aristotle's Politics are out of date. View quote
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There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom. View quote
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable." View quote
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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. View quote
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The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions. We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic. View quote
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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them. View quote
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow. View quote
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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? View quote
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government. View quote
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[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power are left to their own devices. This is because of the corrupting influence of power, the natural tendency of men who possess some power to take unto themselves more power. The tendency leads eventually to the acquisition of all power - whether in the hands of one or many makes little difference to the freedom of those left on the outside. (Barry Goldwater)
Once upon a time our traditional goal in war and can anyone doubt that we are at war? - was victory. Once upon a time we were proud of our strength, our military power. Now we seem ashamed of it. Once upon a time the rest of the world looked to us for leadership. Now they look to us for a quick handout and a fence-straddling international posture. View quote
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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. View quote
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We Americans understand freedom; we have earned it, we have lived for it, and we have died for it. This nation and its people are freedom's models in a searching world. We can be freedom's missionaries in a doubting world. The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people. View quote
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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. View quote
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