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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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.

American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied...

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied...

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 wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

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

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...

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....

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...

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.

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...

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 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...