To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
BARRY GOLDWATERToday 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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 understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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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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A woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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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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You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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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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Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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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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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?
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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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