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.
BARRY GOLDWATERThe 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers … If you love your country, don’t depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don’t leave it all up to big government.
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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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And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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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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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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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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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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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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It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.
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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 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.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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