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It's political Daddyism and it's as old as demagogues and despotism.

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
Photographer
Politician
Phoenix
Arizona
Barry Morris Goldwater
Demagogues
Despotism
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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
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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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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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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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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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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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There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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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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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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Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them.
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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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