It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.
BARRY GOLDWATERSmall men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.
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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Religious 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.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.
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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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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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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers … If you love your country, don’t depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don’t leave it all up to big government.
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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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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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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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I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.
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