Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
BARRY GOLDWATERIf you don’t mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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.
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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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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on – after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.
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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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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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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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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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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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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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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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