My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
BARRY GOLDWATERSex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy 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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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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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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If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.
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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.
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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.
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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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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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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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