After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by saying that I would have been a great success in the movies working for Eighteenth Century-Fox.
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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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 think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.
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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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By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.
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If you don’t mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
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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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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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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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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
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I’ve always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.
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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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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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