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.
BARRY GOLDWATERA 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
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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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We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
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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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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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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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While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.
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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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It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.
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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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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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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.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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