I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
BARRY GOLDWATERI do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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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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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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I 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.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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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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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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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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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.
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When fraternities are not allowed, Communism flourishes. Young men who are inexperienced but have faith are more useful than older, experienced men without faith. The fraternity system is a bastion of American strength.
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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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I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
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If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
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