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I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: 'We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out but we always suit up.'

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
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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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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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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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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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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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We shall return to proven ways - not because they are old, but because they are true.
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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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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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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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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.
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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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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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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 could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.
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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: One can disagree without being disagreeable.
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When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.
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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 have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
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