It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.
BARRY GOLDWATERWe 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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And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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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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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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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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History has to judge every man who served. I don’t know how they’re going to treat me. I may be the worst S.O.B. that ever came down the pike. But I won’t lose any sleep over it. I just like to be remembered as an honest person who tried.
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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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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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A woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
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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 constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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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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