We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
BARRY GOLDWATERHistory has to judge every man who served. I don’t know how they’re going to treat me. I may be the worst S.O.B. that ever came down the pike. But I won’t lose any sleep over it. I just like to be remembered as an honest person who tried.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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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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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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You’ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you’re going to hit civilians.
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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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The best thing Clinton could do — I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I’m not sure — is to shut up. Every time I turn that radio on, there’s Clinton, making a speech. And he makes speeches on a subject he doesn’t know anything about. He has no discipline.
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I’m the most underdog underdog there is.
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I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities.
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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
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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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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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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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Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?
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