The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
BARRY GOLDWATERHistory 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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 think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.
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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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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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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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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You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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Equality, 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.
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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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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on – after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.
BARRY GOLDWATER