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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
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Former United States Senator
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Barry Morris Goldwater
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