I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
BARRY GOLDWATERI’ve always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers … If you love your country, don’t depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don’t leave it all up to big government.
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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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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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I’ve always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.
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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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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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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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And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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