To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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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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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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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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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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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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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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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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In your heart you know he’s right.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.
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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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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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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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Well, once you’ve been in the Canyon and once you’ve sort of fallen in love with it, it never ends…it’s always been a fascinating place to me, in fact I’ve often said that if I ever had a mistress it would be the Grand Canyon.
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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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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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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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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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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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