Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Barry Goldwater (American Elected Representative)

Barry Goldwater (1909–98) was an American politician and five-term U. S. Senator. A prominent figure in the conservative movement, Goldwater played a pivotal role in shaping Republican ideology during the mid-20th century.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Goldwater’s political trajectory began with his 1952 election to the U. S. Senate. In 1960, he published The Conscience of a Conservative, a seminal work that outlined his political philosophy, emphasizing limited government and individual freedoms. This book gained considerable influence within conservative circles.

In 1964, Goldwater secured the Republican presidential nomination but experienced a significant defeat to Lyndon B. Johnson. Despite the loss, his candidacy laid the groundwork for the subsequent resurgence of conservatism.

Throughout his Senate tenure, Goldwater consistently championed conservative principles, advocating for fiscal responsibility, a robust national defense, and individual liberties. His influence played a pivotal role in the Republican Party’s shift towards conservatism.

Goldwater retired from the Senate in 1987. His other published works are The Coming Breakpoint (1976) and With No Apologies (1979.)

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And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse—the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a socio political monster called the welfare state to exist.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Welfare

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Taxes

To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Teamwork

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Defense, Liberty

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.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Government

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Government, Welfare

A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Water

It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president… except me.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Politicians, Politics

Federal aid promotes the idea that federal school money is ‘free’ money, and thus gives the people a distorted picture of the cost of education. I was distressed to find that five out of six high school and junior college students recently interviewed in Phoenix said they favored federal aid because it would mean more money for local schools and ease the financial burden on Arizona taxpayers. The truth, of course, is that the federal government has no funds except those it extracts from the taxpayers who resided in the various States. The money that the federal government pays to State X for education has been taken from the citizens of State X in federal taxes and comes back to them, minus the Washington brokerage fee.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Education

If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Politics, Politicians

Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
—Barry Goldwater
Topics: Equality

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