The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
BARRY GOLDWATERAnd here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
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I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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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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A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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The big thing is to make this country – quit discriminating against people just because they’re gay. You don’t have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They’re American citizens.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.
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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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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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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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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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