It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
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Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
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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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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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Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States’ Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a ‘general assumption’ but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.
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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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We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.
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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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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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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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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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In your heart you know he’s right.
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We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
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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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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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