We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
BARRY GOLDWATERI am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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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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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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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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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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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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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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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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