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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 - May 29, 1998) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953-1965, 1969-1987) and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election

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A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

– Barry Goldwater

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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

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

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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.

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Now those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth, and let me remind you they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyranny.

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Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.

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Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed.

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To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.

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Utilities are huge giants. They've got more money than God, and they are not afraid to part with it.

– Barry Goldwater

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