Barry Goldwater Quotes:
Ocupation: Former United States Senator
Life: January 2, 1909 - May 29, 1998
Birthday: January 2
Death: May 29
The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions.... We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic.
source: "Excerpts From Goldwater Remarks". Remarks in the Congressional Record, www.nytimes.com. September 15, 1981. 
topic: Religious, Government, Years, Democratic Republic, Religious Tolerance
