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I won't say the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew. Mark. Luke, and John.

— Barry Goldwater

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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!

To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.

With No Apologies (1979)

Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.

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Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?

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Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law].

Thomas Jefferson Vol. 1 Whether Christianity is Part of the Common Law (1764)

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