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.
BARRY GOLDWATERYou’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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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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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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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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