Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater

22 quotes

Biography

Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.

"Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order."

Barry Goldwater

"Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order."

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

"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 alternative."

Barry Goldwater

"I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine."

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

"To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering."

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

"Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order."

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

"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 alternative."

Barry Goldwater

"Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order."

Barry Goldwater

"I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine."

Barry Goldwater

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

Barry Goldwater

"To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering."

Barry Goldwater