Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
BARRY GOLDWATERNixon 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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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 disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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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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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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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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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And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.
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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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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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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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I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
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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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