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Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: One can disagree without being disagreeable.

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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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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Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.
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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 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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It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
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To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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It's political Daddyism and it's as old as demagogues and despotism.
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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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The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.
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I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about--and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
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Women are hard enough to handle now without giving them a gun!
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Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.
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Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.
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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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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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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.'
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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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There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.
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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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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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