I’d rather see a woman elected…They understand they can’t spend more money than the old man brings home.
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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And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
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Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?
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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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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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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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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
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Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives.
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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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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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