Top 80 Barry M. Goldwater Quotes (2024 Update)
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Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.”

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

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Here we have, by prominent spokesmen of both political parties, an unqualified repudiation of the principle of limited government. There is no reference by either of them to the Constitution, or any attempt to define the legitimate functions of government. The government can do whatever needs to be done; note, too, the implicit but necessary assumption that it is the government itself that determines what needs to be done.”

52. “Here we have, by prominent spokesmen of both political parties, an unqualified repudiation of the principle of limited government. There is no reference by either of them to the Constitution, or any attempt to define the legitimate functions of government. The government can do whatever needs to be done; note, too, the implicit but necessary assumption that it is the government itself that determines what needs to be done.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.”

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

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “The Conservative believes that man is, in part, an economic, an animal creature; but that he is also a spiritual creature with spiritual needs and spiritual desires. What is more, these needs and desires reflect the superior side of man’s nature, and thus take precedence over his economic wants.”

54. “The Conservative believes that man is, in part, an economic, an animal creature; but that he is also a spiritual creature with spiritual needs and spiritual desires. What is more, these needs and desires reflect the superior side of man’s nature, and thus take precedence over his economic wants.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’”

55. “I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: ‘We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.’”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.”

56. “Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.”

57. “It’s political Daddyism and it’s as old as demagogues and despotism.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.”

58. “Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.”

59. “I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it’s somebody else’s secretary, fine.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.”

60. “Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we’re seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.”

61. “To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “The fellow has absolutely no principles.“Money and gall” is all he has.”

62. “The fellow has absolutely no principles.“Money and gall” is all he has.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Freedom of association is one of the natural rights of man. Clearly, therefore, it should also be a “civil” right. Right-to-work laws derive from the natural law: they are simply an attempt to give freedom of association the added protection of civil law. I.”

63. “Freedom of association is one of the natural rights of man. Clearly, therefore, it should also be a “civil” right. Right-to-work laws derive from the natural law: they are simply an attempt to give freedom of association the added protection of civil law. I.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit.”

64. “If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.”

65. “I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.”

66. “I’ve played everything – baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That’s why I can’t walk.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Graft and corruption are symptoms of the illness that besets the labor movement, not the cause of it. The cause is the enormous economic and political power now concentrated in the hands of union leaders.”

67. “Graft and corruption are symptoms of the illness that besets the labor movement, not the cause of it. The cause is the enormous economic and political power now concentrated in the hands of union leaders.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?”

68. “Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty. Government represents power in the hands of some men to control and regulate the lives of other men. And power, as Lord Acton said, corrupts men. “Absolute power,” he added, “corrupts absolutely.”

69. “Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty. Government represents power in the hands of some men to control and regulate the lives of other men. And power, as Lord Acton said, corrupts men. “Absolute power,” he added, “corrupts absolutely.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.”

70. “Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.”

71. “I think the President ought to bring everybody that’s in American uniform back because we’re headed for war.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “The best thing Clinton could do – I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I’m not sure – is to shut up. He has no discipline.”

72. “The best thing Clinton could do – I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I’m not sure – is to shut up. He has no discipline.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.”

73. “And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse – the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.”

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

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.””

75. “Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: “One can disagree without being disagreeable.””

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.”

76. “I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I’d fit in perfectly.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Let us henceforth make war on all monopolies – whether corporate or union. The enemy of freedom is unrestrained power, and the champions of freedom will fight against the concentration of power wherever they find it.”

77. “Let us henceforth make war on all monopolies – whether corporate or union. The enemy of freedom is unrestrained power, and the champions of freedom will fight against the concentration of power wherever they find it.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.”

78. “Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “But I am here concerned not so much by the abandonment of States’ Rights by the national Democratic Party – an event that occurred some years ago when that party was captured by the Socialist ideologues in and about the labor movement – as by the unmistakable tendency of the Republican Party to adopt the same course.”

79. “But I am here concerned not so much by the abandonment of States’ Rights by the national Democratic Party – an event that occurred some years ago when that party was captured by the Socialist ideologues in and about the labor movement – as by the unmistakable tendency of the Republican Party to adopt the same course.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.”

80. “Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “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 American people and the world.”

81. “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 American people and the world.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.”

82. “When I’m not a politician, I’ll be dead.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “The same reasons apply to unions. Industry-wide price-fixing causes economic dislocations? So does industry-wide wage-fixing. A wage that is appropriate in one part of the country may not be in another area where economic conditions are very different. Corporate monopolies impair the operation of the free market, and thus injure the consuming public. So do union monopolies.”

83. “The same reasons apply to unions. Industry-wide price-fixing causes economic dislocations? So does industry-wide wage-fixing. A wage that is appropriate in one part of the country may not be in another area where economic conditions are very different. Corporate monopolies impair the operation of the free market, and thus injure the consuming public. So do union monopolies.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater Quote: “Thus, for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty in identifying the day’s overriding political challenge: it is to preserve and extend freedom.”

84. “Thus, for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty in identifying the day’s overriding political challenge: it is to preserve and extend freedom.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

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