I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
BARRY GOLDWATERI’d rather see a woman elected…They understand they can’t spend more money than the old man brings home.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities.
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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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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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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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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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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives.
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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
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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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In your heart you know he’s right.
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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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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