"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical care, human welfare, etc.] and believing that the federal government is the proper agent for their solution.
Barry GoldwaterThe effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on - after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.
Barry GoldwaterBy maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.
Barry Goldwater