The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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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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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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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’
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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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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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History has to judge every man who served. I don’t know how they’re going to treat me. I may be the worst S.O.B. that ever came down the pike. But I won’t lose any sleep over it. I just like to be remembered as an honest person who tried.
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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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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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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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