Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a 'general assumption' but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.
Barry GoldwaterA man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
Barry GoldwaterI think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about--and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
Barry GoldwaterWell, once you've been in the Canyon and once you've sort of fallen in love with it, it never ends...it's always been a fascinating place to me, in fact I've often said that if I ever had a mistress it would be the Grand Canyon.
Barry GoldwaterI could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
Barry GoldwaterOne way we exercise political freedom is to vote for the candidate of our choice. Another way is to use our money to try to persuade other voters to make a similar choice - that is, to contribute to our candidate's campaign. If either of these freedoms is violated, the consequences are very grave not only for the individual voter and contributor, but for the society whose free political processes depend on a wide distribution of political power.
Barry Goldwater