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

Quote by Barry Goldwater

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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.

American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we...

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we...

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big...

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big...

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower...

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy...

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy...

I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just...

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just...

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.

It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.

If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing...

If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing...

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam...

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam...

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower...

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower...

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would...

I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would...

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of...

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of...

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And...

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And...