Government should stay the hell out of people’s business.
BARRY GOLDWATERReligious 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.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.
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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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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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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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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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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
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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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Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.
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While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.
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When fraternities are not allowed, Communism flourishes. Young men who are inexperienced but have faith are more useful than older, experienced men without faith. The fraternity system is a bastion of American strength.
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