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.
BARRY GOLDWATERWe are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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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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Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man’s spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,— in the name of a concern for “human beings”— regard the satisfaction of economic wants as the dominant mission of society.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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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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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
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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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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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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