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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
Barry Goldwater
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Barry Goldwater
Age: 89 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: May 29
Aircraft Pilot
Businessperson
Former United States Senator
Military Officer
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Phoenix
Arizona
Barry Morris Goldwater
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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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Once upon a time our traditional goal in war and can anyone doubt that we are at war? - was victory. Once upon a time we were proud of our strength, our military power. Now we seem ashamed of it. Once upon a time the rest of the world looked to us for leadership. Now they look to us for a quick handout and a fence-straddling international posture.
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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is to act in a manner which could ultimately destroy the freedom of all American citizens, including the freedoms of the very persons whose feelings and whose liberties are the major subject of this legislation.
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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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If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit
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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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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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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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The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.
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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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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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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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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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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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In your heart you know he's right.
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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
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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've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.
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