"In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.'"

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The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions. We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic.

— Barry Goldwater