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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/today-neither-of-our-two-parties-maintains-a-meaningful-commitment-to/)

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

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## 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/)

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