was a Republican. But it had nothing to do with half notches today's neocons. He was a conservative, but had very clear what was important to preserve and issues around which ones the company should open up. And above all gave great kick in the ass of the bigots that in order to impose their sectarian conception of life and politics wanted to restrict the freedoms that are the basis of size West (and in my opinion - beyond all - keep it still great). If
today in the political world the conservative right and, more generally, were represented primarily by people like Barry Goldwater, as Rudy Giuliani, in short, people who favor free-market, zero tolerance against crime, but also civil liberties and a secular vision and secular politics, well, needless to say, the undersigned declares proudly conservative. But pity that today the situation is not at all like that.
But hope with all my heart that triumphs in 2008, Giuliani, I want to list some of the statements of Barry Goldwater that summarize well il suo pensiero. Sarei veramente curioso oggi di sentire cosa direbbe dell'estremismo religioso imperante in gran parte del mondo e soprattutto del terrorismo che rappresenta il vero cancro della nostra epoca.
"On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both.
I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in "A," "B," "C" and "D." Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate.
I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism."
Speech in the US Senate (16 September 1981)
"I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass."
July, 1981, in response to Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell's opposition to the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court, of which Falwell had said, "Every good Christian should be concerned."—Ed Magnuson, Time Magazine, The Brethren's First Sister, July 20, 1981. Retrieved 1/1/07.
"My faith in the future rests squarely on the belief that man, if he doesn't first destroy himself, will find new answers in the universe, new technologies, new disciplines, which will contribute to a vastly different and better world in the twenty-first century. Recalling what has happened in my short lifetime in the fields of communication and transportation and the life sciences, I marvel at the pessimists who tell us that we have reached the end of our productive capacity, who project a future of primarily dividing up what we now have and making do with less. To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom."
With No Apologies (1979)
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"
Acceptance Speech as the 1964 Republican Presidential candidate.
"The big thing is to make this country, along with every other country in the world with a few exceptions, quit discriminating against people just because they're gay, you don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. And that's what brings me into it."
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"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight"
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