I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Quote by Barry Goldwater

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When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.

When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.

If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing...

If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing...

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower...

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower...

I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would...

I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would...

It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.

It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary....

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary....

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy...

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy...

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the...

Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the...

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just...

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just...

If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter...

If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter...

I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we...

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we...

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.