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• There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.

  Barry Goldwater

  Country, Liberty, Defense

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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.

  Barry Goldwater

  War, People, Doubt

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• The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

  Barry Goldwater

  Government, Political, Criminals

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• 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 Goldwater

  Meaningful, Party, Commitment

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• Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession is war, understands that peace must be enforced by superior military might. The certainty of defeat is the only effective deterrent we can use to maintain peace. Furthermore, we can be strong without being aggressive.

  Barry Goldwater

  Strong, Military, War

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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.

  Barry Goldwater

  Government, Rome, Civilization

  Barry Morris Goldwater (1976). “The coming breakpoint”, Not Avail

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• At this sunset hour, the canyon walls are indescribably beautiful and I fear the magic of photography can never record what I see now. The tall spires near the canyon's top and the walls of the canyon up there look as if God had reached out and swiped a brush of golden paint across them, gilding these rocks in the bright glow of the setting sun.

  Barry Goldwater

  Beautiful, Photography, Wall

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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.

  Barry Goldwater

  Love, Country, Government

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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.

  Barry Goldwater

  Government, Jail, Too Late

  Barry Goldwater (1960). “The Conscience of a Conservative”

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• The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

  Barry Goldwater

  Government, Constitution, Function

  Barry Goldwater (2010). “The Conscience of a Conservative”, p.14, Bottom of the Hill

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• Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.

  Barry Goldwater

  Father, Equality, Differences

  Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination, delivered 16 July 1964, San Francisco

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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

  Men, Hands, Differences

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• The fellow has absolutely no principles."Money and gall" is all he has.

  Barry Goldwater

  Presidential, Principles, Fellows

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• 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.

  Barry Goldwater

  Philosophy, Men, Law

  "The Conscience of a Conservative". Book by Barry Goldwater and L. Brent Bozell, 1960.

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• Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.

  Barry Goldwater

  Party, Wife, People

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• Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them.

  Barry Goldwater

  Sex, Like You, Enjoy

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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?

  Barry Goldwater

  Religious, Iran, Issues

  Barry Morris Goldwater, C. C. Goldwater (2007). “The Conscience of a Conservative”, p.132, Princeton University Press

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  Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.

  Barry Goldwater

  Military, Gay, Julius

  "Ban on Gays is Senseless Attempt to Stall the Inevitable". Commentary given to the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, www.washingtonpost.com. June 10, 1993.

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• To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.

  Barry Goldwater

  War, Patriotic, Conservative

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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.

  Barry Goldwater

  Sex, Home, Men

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• I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

  Barry Goldwater

  Christian, Thinking, Atheism

  "The Brethren's First Sister: Sandra Day O'Connor" by Ed Magnuson, content.time.com. July 20, 1981.

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• Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to improve institutions we deem defective. But let us, in doing so, respect the orderly processes of the law. Any other course enthrones tyrants and dooms freedom.

  Barry Goldwater

  Tyrants, Law, Persuasion

  Barry Goldwater (2010). “The Conscience of a Conservative”, p.27, Bottom of the Hill

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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.

  Barry Goldwater

  Religious, Government, Years

  "Excerpts From Goldwater Remarks". Remarks in the Congressional Record, www.nytimes.com. September 15, 1981.

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• Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

  Barry Goldwater

  Government, People, Liberty

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• Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

  Barry Goldwater

  Liberty, Vices, Defense

  "The Worst Acceptance Speech?". "Political Junkie" with Ken Rudin, www.npr.org. September 9, 2004.

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