If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being 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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A woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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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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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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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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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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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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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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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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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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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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The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
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In your heart you know he’s right.
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