Barry Goldwater Quotes

I am not a moderate. I am a conservative. I'm a fix-it conservative.

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that ancient institution, the old one.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.

I'm not super-conservative, but a bit of tradition is nice.

I'm as conservative as they come.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

Those interested in perpetuating present conditions are always in tears about the marvelous past that is about to disappear.

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our house, that old ways are safest and surest ways.

[Describing the Republican Party:] ... the party of memory

Powerful imaginations are conservative.

The conservative principles are applicable to the to the most diverse situations.

A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now!

Being Conservative is only another way of being British.

Every conservative policy, however, is fated from the start to fail; after all, its essence is to stop something unstoppable, to resist a development that cannot be impeded.

A conservative is someone who does not think he is morally superior to his grandfather.

I am a conservative thinker, well known as such, outspoken as such but reasonable in my view.

Conservatives hold on to things not only because they are attached to them, but also because they do not see the sense in radical change, until someone has told them what it will lead to.

I've had a very long career of being conservative.

What drew me to conservatism years ago was the fact that it gave discipline a slightly higher status than virtue. This meant it could not be subverted by passing notions of the good.

In reality, anyone can call themselves a conservative. There is no secret handshake or written test to prove your bona fides. But the true conservative reaches outcomes by respecting and heeding to well-developed, sound principles.

The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates.

As an ideology - and certainly as a political identity - conservatism is less popular than the very principles and values it stands for.

We should not just talk about conservative principles, but we should actually advance them.

I believe that being conservative means you try to get in to the middle of the fight and try to solve the problem.