I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities.
BARRY GOLDWATERIf the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
-
-
None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers … If you love your country, don’t depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don’t leave it all up to big government.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
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?
BARRY GOLDWATER -
We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
Well, once you’ve been in the Canyon and once you’ve sort of fallen in love with it, it never ends…it’s always been a fascinating place to me, in fact I’ve often said that if I ever had a mistress it would be the Grand Canyon.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
By 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.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States’ Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a ‘general assumption’ but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
BARRY GOLDWATER -
If you don’t mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
BARRY GOLDWATER