I 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.
BARRY GOLDWATERIt’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
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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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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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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 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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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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I’ve always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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