There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
BARRY GOLDWATERThe Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.
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In your heart you know he’s right.
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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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I’d rather see a woman elected…They understand they can’t spend more money than the old man brings home.
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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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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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Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.
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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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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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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 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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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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