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.
BARRY GOLDWATERExtremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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The best thing Clinton could do — I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I’m not sure — is to shut up. Every time I turn that radio on, there’s Clinton, making a speech. And he makes speeches on a subject he doesn’t know anything about. He has no discipline.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.
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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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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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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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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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