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.
BARRY GOLDWATERI 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
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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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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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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 fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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