I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’
BARRY GOLDWATERTo disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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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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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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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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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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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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When fraternities are not allowed, Communism flourishes. Young men who are inexperienced but have faith are more useful than older, experienced men without faith. The fraternity system is a bastion of American strength.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.
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I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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