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.
BARRY GOLDWATERWhether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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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I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.
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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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When white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on – after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.
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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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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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