Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
BARRY GOLDWATERBy 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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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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I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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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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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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When white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
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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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In your heart you know he’s right.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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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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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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