After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by saying that I would have been a great success in the movies working for Eighteenth Century-Fox.
BARRY GOLDWATERMy aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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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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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads toward a staggering addition to the national debt. “L.B.J.” should stand for Light Bulb Johnson.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’
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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?
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