To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
BARRY GOLDWATERI say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
More Barry Goldwater Quotes
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And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
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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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When white and black and brown and every other color decide they’re going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.
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To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.”
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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 will offer a choice, not an echo.
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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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It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.
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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.
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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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I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me.
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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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