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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.

Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater
Age: 89 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: May 29
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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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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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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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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: One can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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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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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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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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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 could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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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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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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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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When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.
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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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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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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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