“Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.” PeopleWorldPoliticalIndividualPartyWifeMetsMembersLifetimeCongressColleaguesPolitical PartiesLiedHe Lied Author:Barry Goldwater
“The president, who finds so much to complain about in other areas of the world, apparently saw nothing wrong in recognizing a Communist regime that has killed more people in its short history of control over the teeming millions of that great country than any other collection of dictators or tyrants in the history of the world.” PeopleWorldWarCountryPresidentMillionsSawsColdAreasComplainingCollectionsCommunistTyrantsRegimesDictatorCold WarRecognizingWorld HistoryGreat Country Author:Barry Goldwater
“On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this Supreme Being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly.” PeopleShouldLittlesUseUsedJesusNamesBeliefChristReligiousPowerfulIssuesPositionWeaponsJesus ChristClaimsDebateSupremeCompromiseAlliesBehalfReligious BeliefSupreme BeingPowerful WeaponsNo Compromise Author:Barry Goldwater
“I think a current understanding about urban behavior tells us that it's important that people get out and be able to get away from the concrete jungles and the dense environment where they live for their own mental well-being. If they don't do this, the costs in human loss and human sickness will be far greater than what we would be expending for these kinds of releases and open spaces.” PeopleIfsThinkingHumansWellsKindImportantWould BeAbleUnderstandingLossSpaceEnvironmentGreaterCostBehaviorCurrentsReleaseWell BeingSicknessGet AwayConcreteUrbanJungleDenseOpen SpacesConcrete Jungle Author:Barry Goldwater
“It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.” PeopleRunningJobsSafePaidCongress Author:Barry Goldwater
“Government should stay the hell out of people's business.” PeopleShouldGovernmentLibertyHellLibertarianLibertarianism Author:Barry Goldwater
“I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don't hurt anyone else in the process.” PeopleLifeInspirationalBelieveLongStatesReligionI BelieveProcessHurtChurchSimpleDemocracyAtheismMovementPoliticianPleaseRepublicanConservativeI Believe InSeparationLive LifeInteractionSenatorsLiving My LifeConservatismChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateInteractingSocial InteractionReligion And PoliticsLive Life HappyInteracting With Others Book:The Conscience of a Conservative Source: The Conscience of a Conservative
“The big thing is to make this country - quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They're American citizens.” PeopleCountryBigsReligionAtheismCitizensGayAgreeQuittingBig ThingsAmerican Citizens Author:Barry Goldwater
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingBelieveProblemChristianNamesReligiousDealsPartyActingAtheismTerribleRepublicanGayDemandMarkCompromiseDamnPreacherRepublican PartyGoverningGay RightsIfs AndChristian RightReligious Rights 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 public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives.” PeopleTryingReligiousFreedomViewsKnownAtheismPolicyGoes OnConnectedPositive AtheismAlternativesDecentImposingFactionsPublic PolicyReligion And Politics Author:Barry Goldwater
“If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit” PeopleIfsSocialSecurityFitBenefitsIncreaseConservativeAnxiousEarningSocial SecurityBrethren Book:The Conscience of a Conservative Source: The Conscience of a Conservative
“The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of people’s private lives. Government governs best when it governs least – and stays out of the impossible task of legislating morality. But legislating someone’s version of morality is exactly what we do by perpetuating discrimination against gays.” PeopleShouldGovernmentBeliefImpossibleMovementMoralityGayTasksConservativeDiscriminationVersionsPrivate LifePerpetuating Author:Barry Goldwater
“While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.” PeopleEnvironmentStrongerCleanBelieverEnterprisePollutionConservationFree EnterpriseNature Conservation Book:The conscience of a majority Source: The conscience of a majority
“I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is "needed" before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible.” PeopleFirstsMeanLittlesGovernmentLawPurposePoliticsInterestViolenceNeededProgramConstitutionAimFinancialSizeBurdenDeterminedWelfareEfficientLegislationProposeFinancial BurdenStreamlining Book:The Conscience of a Conservative Source: The Conscience of a Conservative
“We Americans understand freedom; we have earned it, we have lived for it, and we have died for it. This nation and its people are freedom's models in a searching world. We can be freedom's missionaries in a doubting world. The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.” PeopleWorldWarNationsResultsDoubtColdGeniusModelsOrdinaryDiedExtraordinaryCold WarOrdinary People Author:Barry Goldwater
