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

Barry Goldwater · Speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination (July 16, 1964)

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

Barry Goldwater · Campaign speech (October 21, 1964)

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I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.

Margaret Chase Smith · The source reads: “The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.” · Declaration of Conscience, U.S. Senate (June 1, 1950)

Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

Samuel Johnson

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

Thomas Drummond

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“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And… moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

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

“I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.”

“Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.”

“Property has its duties as well as its rights.”