You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
BARRY GOLDWATERTrade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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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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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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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
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History 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.
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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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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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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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Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives.
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The best thing Clinton could do — I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I’m not sure — is to shut up. Every time I turn that radio on, there’s Clinton, making a speech. And he makes speeches on a subject he doesn’t know anything about. He has no discipline.
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Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.
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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.
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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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