I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
BARRY GOLDWATERYou don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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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If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
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You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
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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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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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