The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
BARRY GOLDWATERThere’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.
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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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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.
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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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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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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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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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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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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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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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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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