It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
BARRY GOLDWATERPerserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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 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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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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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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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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Extremism in the 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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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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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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 constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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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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