Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order. (Barry Goldwater)

Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.

Barry Goldwater

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