There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
BARRY GOLDWATERI 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?
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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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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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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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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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’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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You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.
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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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