“In the main, the trouble with American education is that we have put into practice the educational philosophy expounded by John Dewey and his disciples. In varying degrees we have adopted what has been called "progressive education." Subscribing to the… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“The graduated tax is a confiscatory tax. Its effect, and to a large extent its aim, is to bring down all men to a common level. Many of the leading proponents of the graduated tax frankly admit that their purpose is to redistribute the nation's wealth. Their aim is an egalitarian society—an objective that does violence both to the charter… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share
“Thus, for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty in identifying the day's overriding political challenge: it is to preserve and extend freedom.” — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“Surely the first obligation of a political thinker is to understand the nature of man. The Conservative does not claim special powers of perception… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“In the main, the trouble with American education is that we have put into practice the educational philosophy expounded by John Dewey and his… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“The Conservative approach is nothing more or less than an attempt to apply the wisdom and experience and the revealed truths of the past… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“The Tenth Amendment recognizes the States' jurisdiction in certain areas. States' Rights means that the States have a right to act or not to… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“Here we have, by prominent spokesmen of both political parties, an unqualified repudiation of the principle of limited government. There is no reference by… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“We have been led to look upon taxation as merely a problem of public financing: How much money does the government need? We have… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery. Secondly,” — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“Let us henceforth make war on all monopolies—whether corporate or union. The enemy of freedom is unrestrained power, and the champions of freedom will… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“In the case that upheld the second AAA, Wickard v. Filburn, (1942), a farmer had been fined for planting 23 acres of wheat, instead… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“Most important of all: in our anxiety to "improve" the world and insure "progress" we have permitted our schools to become laboratories for social… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
