Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
BARRY GOLDWATERI 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.
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The big thing is to make this country – quit discriminating against people just because they’re gay. You don’t have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They’re American citizens.
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I’d rather see a woman elected…They understand they can’t spend more money than the old man brings home.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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The best thing Clinton could do — I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I’m not sure — is to shut up. Every time I turn that radio on, there’s Clinton, making a speech. And he makes speeches on a subject he doesn’t know anything about. He has no discipline.
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A woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
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I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.
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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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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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