Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
BARRY GOLDWATERIt is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by saying that I would have been a great success in the movies working for Eighteenth Century-Fox.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads toward a staggering addition to the national debt. “L.B.J.” should stand for Light Bulb Johnson.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on – after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.
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I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
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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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I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don’t know about–and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
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