I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
BARRY GOLDWATERThe income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by saying that I would have been a great success in the movies working for Eighteenth Century-Fox.
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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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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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We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads toward a staggering addition to the national debt. “L.B.J.” should stand for Light Bulb Johnson.
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Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man’s spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,— in the name of a concern for “human beings”— regard the satisfaction of economic wants as the dominant mission of society.
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Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.
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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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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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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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