I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
BARRY GOLDWATERMost Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
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None 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.
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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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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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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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I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.
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Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.
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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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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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