I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
BARRY GOLDWATERI think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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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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If you don’t mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
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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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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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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.
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I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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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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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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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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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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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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You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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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I’ve always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.
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