“What kind of a private club are these people running? Whose government is it, anyway ? I used to think it belonged to the people.”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.comTagged: Government
“I believe in the great American Dream. I say we can be a people led but not driven, governed, but not ruled; organized, but not regimented; taxed, but not bled.”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.comTagged: American Dream, Taxation
“You want something for nothing ? The Federal Government will give it to you. You want to avoid responsibility for bringing up your children and educating them? The Federal Government will take over. You want to duck the job of facing your local problems and solving them? The Federal Government will…”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.comTagged: Government, Welfare, Personal Responsibility, Freedom
“Never forget, there was only one freedom—only one freedom—on which this nation was founded. That was freedom from government—from too much, oppressive government.”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.comTagged: Freedom, Government
“You know, once before a great and self‐governing people gave up their liberty—a liberty far less than ours. They put themselves in the hands of their leader, asking only to be fed and entertained. They traded their votes for ‘bread and circuses.’ They traded their Senate for an emperor.”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.comTagged: Liberty, Roman Empire
“I have a deep faith in the manhood of American men—and in American women.”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.comTagged: manhood
“It is a fact that Lyndon Johnson and his curious crew seem to believe that progress in this country is best served simply and directly through the ever-expanding gift power of the everlastingly growing Federal Government. One thing we all know, and I assure you I do: that's a much easier way to get…”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.comTagged: LBJ, Progress, Government, Despotism