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.
BARRY GOLDWATERI 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities.
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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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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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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 I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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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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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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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don’t know about–and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
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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.
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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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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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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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 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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