You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
BARRY GOLDWATERSome programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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And 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.
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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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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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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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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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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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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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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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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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