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.
BARRY GOLDWATERExtremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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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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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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When white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
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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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I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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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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