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 GOLDWATERTrade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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A woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?
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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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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear 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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I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
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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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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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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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In your heart you know he’s right.
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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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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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