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.
Barry GoldwaterAnd if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
Barry GoldwaterI have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
Barry GoldwaterWe cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
Barry GoldwaterExtremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry GoldwaterMy 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.
Barry Goldwater