Quotes by Barry Goldwater

“Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?”

“Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, i...”

“Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the Am...”

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

“Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.”

“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.”

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

“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.”

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

“We shall return to proven ways - not because they are old but because they are true.”

“I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.”

“We shall return to proven ways - not because they are old but because they are true.”

“Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they a...”

“I'm the most underdog underdog there is.”

“It is a fact that Lyndon Johnson and his curious crew seem to believe that progress in this country is best served simply and directly through the ever-expanding gift power of the everlastingly gro...”

“Most Americans have no real understanding of the operations of the international moneylenders... the accounts of the Federal Reserve have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Cong...”

“My faith in the future rests squarely on the belief that man, if he doesn't first destroy himself, will find new answers in the universe, new technologies, new disciplines, which will contribute to...”

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

“I used to receive a hundred calls a year from people who wanted me to get into the Green Room at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, because that's where the Air Force stored all the material gathered...”

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