You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
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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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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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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 made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret.
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The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
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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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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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There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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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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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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You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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