Barry Goldwater

"A government that has the power to give you everything you want also has the power to take away everything you have."
-Barry Goldwater

I used to think that Ron Paul was the only politician who invoked Barry Goldwater these days, but I recently finished Reclaiming Conservatism by Mickey Edwards. Edwards is a former Congressman who served for 16 years and was one of the founders of the Heritage Foundation. I was very surprised to hear a Heritage Foundation leader viciously criticize neo-cons for supporting bigger government and an aggressive foreign policy.

It's also a fantastic read for anyone interested in the recent history of the conservative movement. I'm also becoming more sympathetic to the term "paleocon" even though it makes me think of small government dinosaur fossils.