To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
BARRY GOLDWATERWe have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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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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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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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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When fraternities are not allowed, Communism flourishes. Young men who are inexperienced but have faith are more useful than older, experienced men without faith. The fraternity system is a bastion of American strength.
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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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Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man’s spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,— in the name of a concern for “human beings”— regard the satisfaction of economic wants as the dominant mission of society.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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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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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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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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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