I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
BARRY GOLDWATERI’m the most underdog underdog there is.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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I’d rather see a woman elected…They understand they can’t spend more money than the old man brings home.
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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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Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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When white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
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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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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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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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Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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