The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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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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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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Well, once you’ve been in the Canyon and once you’ve sort of fallen in love with it, it never ends…it’s always been a fascinating place to me, in fact I’ve often said that if I ever had a mistress it would be the Grand Canyon.
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I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don’t know about–and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
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I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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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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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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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?
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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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Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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