Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
BARRY GOLDWATERYou’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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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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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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In your heart you know he’s right.
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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 think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don’t know about–and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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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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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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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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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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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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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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