You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
BARRY GOLDWATERA man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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 think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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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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Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States’ Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a ‘general assumption’ but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.
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We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
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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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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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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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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities.
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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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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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