Goldwater Institute

Goldwater Institute

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Founded in 1988 with the blessing of the late Senator Barry Goldwater, the Goldwater Institute’s mission is to advance freedom and protect the Constitution. As a non-profit organization funded solely by individual donations, we stand on principle, not politics. We believe in the power of the states to restore America to the founding principles that made it a beacon of opportunity, prosperity, and

05/21/2026

"Liberty means the individual’s right to make the operative choices in his or her own life without interference from other people or from the state."

Goldwater's Timothy Sandefur spoke with USA Today about his new book, "Proclaiming Liberty" and America's 250th.

"We often in today’s world speak of government as if it’s our parent — that it’s government’s job to keep us good and mind what we do and all these sorts of things," Sandefur said. "The American revolutionaries would have said, no, government is not our parent. Government is our child. It’s our job to supervise it. It’s our job to teach it the right things to do. After all, we’re the ones paying its bills."

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