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The Goldwater Institute works hard to protect liberty and prevent government overreach. We are very honored when good people have good things to say about us. Here is just a sampling:

• “You tell me (of) a more effective organization, I will support it. I don’t know of any, on a state-by-state basis, that does more for policy, that does more for ideas and does more success, than the Goldwater Institute.” --Frank Luntz
• "Pound for pound, the Goldwater Institute is the best (state-level) think tank in the country" --George Will
• "I love (the Goldwater Institute's) commitment to federalism and to states and to borders, because borders give you choices." --Mark Steyn
• "A model for others around the country in fighting for freedom." --Steve Forbes
• "(A) great institute that has gone on to do so much good in the cause of freedom." --Congressman John Shadegg
• "The Goldwater Institute is very much a point of light and I wish we had many, many more." --Jay Nordlinger
• "The Goldwater Institute is literally one of the preeminent institutions in America fostering and pushing and doing research on free market economics." --Dr. Art Laffer
• "America's most potent advocate of limited government." --George Will
• "The Goldwater Institute has done an enormous amount to bring enthusiasm to local levels where people can actually accomplish reformation." --William F. Buckley Jr.
• "It's just hard to think what the state would be like if it didn't have organizations like Goldwater fighting a lonely, but a very important battle for freedom and liberty." --Stephen Moore
• "Very impressive, serious bunch of folks doing the frontline toil for liberty." --Jonah Goldberg
• "I want to applaud the actions of the Goldwater Institute with the CityNorth issue, and actually getting on the books and reestablishing our prohibition on gifting from our Constitution."  --Mayor Jim Lane
• "I think the Goldwater Institute is both a thinker and a doer." --Jay Nordlinger
• "In a time when the battle of ideas and the challenges are greater than ever, we really need the ideas that institutes like Goldwater bring us." --Governor Bill Owens
• "I very closely identify with the things that the Goldwater Institute stands for, among them the right of all Americans to pursue economic freedom and that of businesses to succeed or to fail." --Mary Peters
• "I want to thank the Goldwater Institute for all the wonderful information you send me. It is right on and makes sense!" --Senator Sylvia Allen
• "I would suggest to you that the Goldwater Institute represents that very thin line between human freedom and individual liberty...and indentured slavery and servitude." --Congressman John Shadegg
• "Goldwater provided the blueprint for several school choice plans that--congratulations--were adopted." --John Stossel
• "If you believe in limited government, free markets, and individual liberty, I hope you will join me in supporting the most effective advocate for those ideas in Arizona." --Congressman Jeff Flake
• "It is because of institutions like the Goldwater Institute that I am not pessimistic." --George Will
• "We are blessed to have your organization in our state." --Representative Karen Johnson
• "The Goldwater Institute has a reputation around the country as one of the finest organizations of its kind." --Robert Novak
• "I especially appreciate Goldwater's defense of economic freedoms." --Jay Nordlinger
• "Let's start out by giving credit where credit is due, and that's to the Goldwater Institute, which has been invaluable to me and many other policymakers as a policy agenda developer." --Senator Jon Kyl
• "I am also deeply appreciative to the Goldwater Institute." --Justice Clarence Thomas
• "The Goldwater Institute is a fountain of good ideas." --Milton Friedman
• "I count on the Goldwater Institute to inform policy makers and keep them honest. No one does it better." --Congressman Jeff Flake
• "The Goldwater Institute has made and continues to make a big impact on the public policy debate. Those of us who believe in limited government believe in the Goldwater Institute." --Newt Gingrich
• "The work of the Goldwater Institute is absolutely critical to the defense of and the advancement of freedom and free enterprise philosophy sweeping the world." --Jack Kemp
• "I suggest that if we, tutored by the Goldwater Institute, can be as true to Goldwater-ism as Goldwater himself was, the country will prosper as never before." --George Will
• "The ideas the Goldwater Institute has formulated are the best in existence for proper government." --Senator Barry Goldwater
• "I keep thinking about our first lawyer who told us to not to fight the city's decision to refuse our permit because it would cost too much and we had no way of winning. We're just so thankful to Goldwater . . . without them we would've given up." --Tom Preston, Goldwater Institute client