My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal 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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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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The big thing is to make this country – quit discriminating against people just because they’re gay. You don’t have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They’re American citizens.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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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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Well, once you’ve been in the Canyon and once you’ve sort of fallen in love with it, it never ends…it’s always been a fascinating place to me, in fact I’ve often said that if I ever had a mistress it would be the Grand Canyon.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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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 am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
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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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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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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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