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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.

Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater
Age: 89 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: May 29
Aircraft Pilot
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Former United States Senator
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Barry Morris Goldwater
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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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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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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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It is true that I was denied access to a facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, because I never got in. I can't tell you what was inside. We both know about the rumors concerning a captured UFO and crew members. I have never seen what I would call a UFO, but I have intelligent friends who have.
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I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
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In your heart you know he's right.
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The big thing is to make this country - quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They're American citizens.
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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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