Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
BARRY GOLDWATERWe shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
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I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by saying that I would have been a great success in the movies working for Eighteenth Century-Fox.
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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on – after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.
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When fraternities are not allowed, Communism flourishes. Young men who are inexperienced but have faith are more useful than older, experienced men without faith. The fraternity system is a bastion of American strength.
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I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.
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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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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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