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 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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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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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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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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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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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The big thing is to make this country – quit discriminating against people just because they’re gay. You don’t have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They’re American citizens.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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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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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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