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"It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." -- Hubert Humphrey
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"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism." -- Hubert Humphrey
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"Today's so-called 'conservatives' don't even know what the word means. They think I've turned liberal because I believe a woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right. It's not a conservative issue at all." -- Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater (1909-1998)
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"While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment." -- Barry Goldwater
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"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them." -- Barry Goldwater
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"Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." -- President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), Labor Day speech at Jersey City, New Jersey, September 1, 1980
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"We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must remain separate." -- Ronald Reagan
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WAR, MILITARISM
"I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed.... I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war." -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), speech at Chautauqua, New York, Aug. 14, 1936
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