A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
BARRY GOLDWATERAnd 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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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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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?
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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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While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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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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And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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