How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #1
I believe that the communism which boasts it will bury us will, instead, give way to the forces of freedom. And I can see in the distant and yet recognizable future the outlines of a world worthy of our dedication, our every risk, our every effort, our every sacrifice along the way. Yes, a world that will redeem the suffering of those who will be liberated from tyranny. (79-81)
Don't get us wrong—liberating people from tyranny is always a good thing. But given the belligerence and military resources of the USSR at the time, how would this be accomplished? You can see why people were scared that Goldwater would be quick to nuke.
Quote #2
I can see and I suggest that all thoughtful men contemplate the flowering of an Atlantic civilization the whole world of Europe unified and free, trading openly across its border, communicating openly across the world. (82)
So this eventually mostly happened. It all started with the European Economic Community back in 1957, which was then absorbed into the European Union in 2009. It's kind of tough to say at this point what the future will hold for the EU, but the flowering-trading-communicating vision is still a nice one. Or is it? Ask Brexit supporters and anti-global-trade politicians.
Quote #3
I can see a day when all the Americas, North and South, will be linked in a mighty system, a system in which the errors and misunderstandings of the past will be submerged one by one in a rising tide of prosperity and interdependence. (87)
Colonization, disease-spreading, land-grabbing, bad trade agreements, war, violence, political coups—they'll all be forgotten in this new, beautiful future where everyone is rich and everyone is everyone's bestie. Maybe something like NAFTA would be a good idea. Or not.
Quote #4
I know that the road to freedom is a long and challenging road. I know also that some men may walk away from it, that some men resist challenge, accepting the false security of governmental paternalism. And I pledge that the America I envision in the years ahead will extend its hand in health, in teaching and in cultivation, so that all new nations will be at least encouraged to go our way, so that they will not wander down the dark alleys of tyranny or to the dead-end streets of collectivism. (93-95)
Of course, in order for this to work, America has to avoid those dark alleys and dead-end streets itself. Goldwater knows how tempting it is to lean on the government for all your needs.
Quote #5
I cherish a day when our children once again will restore as heroes the sort of men and women who—unafraid and undaunted—pursue the truth, strive to cure disease, subdue and make fruitful our natural environment, and produce the inventive engines of production, science, and technology. (111)
Scientists, entrepreneurs, inventors, innovators—those are the people our kids should be looking up to: people who embody the American spirit and rake in the green while they're at it. Who did he think children were looking up to back then—communists? Deadbeats?