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 a house of worship, but everywhere - in the rising sun over Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, a splash of water along the nearby Salt or Verde rivers, or clouds driving over the Estrella Mountains, south of downtown. I've always thought of God in those terms.Collection: Mother
Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."Collection: Observation
Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.Collection: Segregation
It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.Collection: Religious
We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.Collection: Sex
There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.Collection: Country
I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.Collection: Men
I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.Collection: Government
Government should stay the hell out of people's business.Collection: Government
The time has come to recognize the United Nations for the anti-American, anti-freedom organization that it has become. The time has come for us to cut off all financial help, withdraw as a member, and ask the United Nations to find headquarters location outside the United States that isCollection: Cutting
The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.Collection: Government
The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on - after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.Collection: Government
Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.Collection: Military
[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power are left to their own devices. This is because of the corrupting influence of power, the natural tendency of men who possess some power to take unto themselves more power. The tendency leads eventually to the acquisition of all power - whether in the hands of one or many makes little difference to the freedom of those left on the outside.Collection: Men
None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers ... If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don't leave it all up to big government.Collection: Love
Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them.Collection: Sex
History has to judge every man who served. I don't know how they're going to treat me. I may be the worst S.O.B. that ever came down the pike. But I won't lose any sleep over it. I just like to be remembered as an honest person who tried.Collection: Sleep
The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions. We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic.Collection: Religious
I've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.Collection: Home
I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.Collection: Law
Once upon a time our traditional goal in war and can anyone doubt that we are at war? - was victory. Once upon a time we were proud of our strength, our military power. Now we seem ashamed of it. Once upon a time the rest of the world looked to us for leadership. Now they look to us for a quick handout and a fence-straddling international posture.Collection: War
I'd rather see a woman elected...They understand they can't spend more money than the old man brings home.Collection: Sex
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.Collection: War