I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on - after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
One way we exercise political freedom is to vote for the candidate of our choice. Another way is to use our money… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education,… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
We Americans understand freedom; we have earned it, we have lived for it, and we have died for it. This nation and… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time,… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we're seeing is the negative side of nuclear war. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
My mother took us to services at the Episcopal church. Yet she always said that God was not just inside the four walls of… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
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… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
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,… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
Once upon a time our traditional goal in war and can anyone doubt that we are at war? - was victory. Once upon a… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
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