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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.

Barry Goldwater

After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by saying that I would have been a great success in the movies working for Eighteenth Century-Fox.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Foxes Great Long Success
I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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Business Men Thinking
When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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Dead Desire Dream Politician Wish
There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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Country Defense Liberty
The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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Criminal Government Political
Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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Enough Giving Gun Hard
I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
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Men Self Confidence Track
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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Air Government Thinking
It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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Country Growing Political Up
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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House Light White
A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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Fighting Men Order
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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Jobs People Running
You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
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Bomb Civilian Peace War
We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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Inspirational Return Way
The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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Diplomats Doe Succeed
Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States’ Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a ‘general assumption’ but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.
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Commitment Meaningful Party
Perserverance. . .that’s been the story of my family.
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Family Perseverance Stories
Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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Enjoy Like You Sex
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 GOLDWATER

Hurt Inspirational Life
A woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
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Abortion Decision Religious
While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.
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Environment People Stronger
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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Baseball Basketball Football
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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Country Gay People
The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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Republican Self Talent
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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Civilization Country Government
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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Long Men Opportunity
I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
BARRY GOLDWATER

Mud Peace Puddles War

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