--- title: "1 States Right Quotes By Barry M. Goldwater" description: "1 States Right quotes by Barry M. Goldwater. Plus more from Barry M. Goldwater and more States Right sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/barry-m-goldwater-33600_federal-government_the-tenth-amendment-recognizes-the-state_938821.jpg" --- > [“The Tenth Amendment recognizes the States' jurisdiction in certain areas. States' Rights means that the States have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in the areas reserved to them. The States may have duties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/the-tenth-amendment-recognizes-the-states-jurisdiction-in-certain/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/barry-m-goldwater-33600_federal-government_the-tenth-amendment-recognizes-the-state_938821.jpg) ## More by Barry M. Goldwater > [“The graduated tax is a confiscatory tax. Its effect, and to a large extent its aim, is to bring down all men to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/the-graduated-tax-is-a-confiscatory-tax-its-effect-and-to-a-large/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“Thus, for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty in identifying the day's overriding political challenge: it is to preserve and extend freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/thus-for-the-american-conservative-there-is-no-difficulty-in/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“Surely the first obligation of a political thinker is to understand the nature of man. The Conservative does not claim special powers of perception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/surely-the-first-obligation-of-a-political-thinker-is-to-understand/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“In the main, the trouble with American education is that we have put into practice the educational philosophy expounded by John Dewey and his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/in-the-main-the-trouble-with-american-education-is-that-we-have-put/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“The Conservative approach is nothing more or less than an attempt to apply the wisdom and experience and the revealed truths of the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/the-conservative-approach-is-nothing-more-or-less-than-an-attempt-to/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“The Tenth Amendment recognizes the States' jurisdiction in certain areas. States' Rights means that the States have a right to act or not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/the-tenth-amendment-recognizes-the-states-jurisdiction-in-certain/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“Here we have, by prominent spokesmen of both political parties, an unqualified repudiation of the principle of limited government. There is no reference by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/here-we-have-by-prominent-spokesmen-of-both-political-parties-an/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“We have been led to look upon taxation as merely a problem of public financing: How much money does the government need? We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/we-have-been-led-to-look-upon-taxation-as-merely-a-problem-of-public/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery. Secondly,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/the-conservative-knows-that-to-regard-man-as-part-of-an-2/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/let-us-henceforth-make-war-on-all-monopolies-whether-corporate-or/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“In the case that upheld the second AAA, Wickard v. Filburn, (1942), a farmer had been fined for planting 23 acres of wheat, instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/in-the-case-that-upheld-the-second-aaa-wickard-v-filburn-1942-a/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“Most important of all: in our anxiety to "improve" the world and insure "progress" we have permitted our schools to become laboratories for social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/most-important-of-all-in-our-anxiety-to-improve-the-world-and-insure/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“But I am here concerned not so much by the abandonment of States' Rights by the national Democratic Party—an event that occurred some years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/but-i-am-here-concerned-not-so-much-by-the-abandonment-of-states/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) > [“Freedom of association is one of the natural rights of man. Clearly, therefore, it should also be a "civil" right. Right-to-work laws derive from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/freedom-of-association-is-one-of-the-natural-rights-of-man-clearly/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/states-right/barry-m-goldwater/#itemlist", "name": "1 States Right Quotes By Barry M. Goldwater", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Tenth Amendment recognizes the States' jurisdiction in certain areas. States' Rights means that the States have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in the areas reserved to them. The States may have duties corresponding to these rights, but the duties are owed to the people of the States, not to the federal government. 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