While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.
BARRY GOLDWATERWe shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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 income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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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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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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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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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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And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.
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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 could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States’ Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a ‘general assumption’ but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.
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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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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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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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When white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
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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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