To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
BARRY GOLDWATEREquality, 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.
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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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I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities.
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I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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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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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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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 think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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