American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
BARRY GOLDWATERNone of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers … If you love your country, don’t depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don’t leave it all up to big government.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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The best thing Clinton could do — I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I’m not sure — is to shut up. Every time I turn that radio on, there’s Clinton, making a speech. And he makes speeches on a subject he doesn’t know anything about. He has no discipline.
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You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives.
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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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