If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.

Quote by Barry Goldwater

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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.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big...

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big...

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.

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

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

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

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...

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...

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of...

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And...

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And...

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

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

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

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....

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said...

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...