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> [“Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/those-who-seek-absolute-power-even-though-they-seek-it-to-do-what/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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> [Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/those-who-seek-absolute-power-even-though-they-seek-it-to-do-what-2/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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## Other authors on Heaven on earth

- [Bangambiki Habyarimana 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heaven-on-earth/bangambiki-habyarimana/)

## More by Barry Goldwater

> [Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/remember-that-a-government-big-enough-to-give-you-everything-you-want/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/to-insist-on-strength-is-not-war-mongering-it-is-peace-mongering/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/social-and-cultural-change-however-desirable-should-not-be-effected/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/having-spent-37-years-of-my-life-in-the-military-as-a-reservist-and/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we're seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/some-programs-have-been-theatrical-masterpieces-but-all-we-re-seeing/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [My mother took us to services at the Episcopal church. Yet she always said that God was not just inside the four walls of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/my-mother-took-us-to-services-at-the-episcopal-church-yet-she-always/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/you-don-t-need-to-be-straight-to-fight-and-die-for-your-country-you/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/and-if-i-should-later-be-attacked-for-neglecting-my-constituents/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/nixon-was-the-most-dishonest-individual-i-have-ever-met-in-my-life-he/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/forced-integration-is-just-as-wrong-as-forced-segregation/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/religious-factions-will-go-on-imposing-their-will-on-others-unless/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [Government should stay the hell out of people's business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/government-should-stay-the-hell-out-of-people-s-business/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/i-think-some-highly-secret-government-ufo-investigations-are-going-on/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/conservatism-we-are-told-is-out-of-date-this-charge-is-preposterous/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/once-upon-a-time-our-traditional-goal-in-war-and-can-anyone-doubt/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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