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We shall return to proven ways - not because they are old, but because they are true.

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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Politician
Phoenix
Arizona
Barry Morris Goldwater
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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The president, who finds so much to complain about in other areas of the world, apparently saw nothing wrong in recognizing a Communist regime that has killed more people in its short history of control over the teeming millions of that great country than any other collection of dictators or tyrants in the history of the world.
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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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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about it in all those years, I just thought, why the hell shouldn't they serve? They're American citizens. As long as they're not doing things that are harmful to anyone else... So I came out for it.
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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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I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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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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I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
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Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?
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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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There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: One can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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.
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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.
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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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