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 only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don’t know about–and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
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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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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
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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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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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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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In your heart you know he’s right.
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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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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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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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