Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
BARRY GOLDWATERThe constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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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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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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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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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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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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I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
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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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You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
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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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We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.
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I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
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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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The fellow has absolutely no principles.”Money and gall” is all he has.
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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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