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

— Barry Goldwater With No Apologies (1979)

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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!

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

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