It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
BARRY GOLDWATERWithout the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man’s spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,— in the name of a concern for “human beings”— regard the satisfaction of economic wants as the dominant mission of society.
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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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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
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Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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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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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
BARRY GOLDWATER






