I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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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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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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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I’d rather see a woman elected…They understand they can’t spend more money than the old man brings home.
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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 thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’
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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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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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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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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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