If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
BARRY GOLDWATERThe only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
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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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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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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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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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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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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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