Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
BARRY GOLDWATERAny pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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When fraternities are not allowed, Communism flourishes. Young men who are inexperienced but have faith are more useful than older, experienced men without faith. The fraternity system is a bastion of American strength.
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.
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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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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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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I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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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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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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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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