Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
BARRY GOLDWATERConservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man’s spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,— in the name of a concern for “human beings”— regard the satisfaction of economic wants as the dominant mission of society.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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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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You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
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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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You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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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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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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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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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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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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