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.
BARRY GOLDWATERThere’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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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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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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Most 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.
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In your heart you know he’s right.
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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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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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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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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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?
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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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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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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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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
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