By, Nancy Tengler
Here is what Barry Goldwater wrote in 1960 in The Conscience of a Conservative: The 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.”
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By, Nancy Tengler
To me the difference between conservatives and liberals comes down to one simple thing: the Believers versus the Unbelievers, in freedom. Of the individual sort.
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By, Nancy Tengler
“…the Constitution is: a system of restraints against the natural tendency of government to expand in the direction of absolutism.”
Barry Goldwater, 1960
Conscience of a Conservative
If you don’t have a copy of Barry Goldwater’s, Conscience of a Conservative, buy one. If you have one, pull it out and re-read it. Focus, in particular, on the chapter entitled “The Perils of Power.”
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