We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
BARRY GOLDWATERThe fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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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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History has to judge every man who served. I don’t know how they’re going to treat me. I may be the worst S.O.B. that ever came down the pike. But I won’t lose any sleep over it. I just like to be remembered as an honest person who tried.
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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?
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When white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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