I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
BARRY GOLDWATERWe cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads toward a staggering addition to the national debt. “L.B.J.” should stand for Light Bulb Johnson.
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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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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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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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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 think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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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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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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