Quotes by Barry Goldwater

“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.”

“Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.”

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

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

“We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige”

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

“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, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism”

“To disagree, one doesnt have to be disagreeable.”

“Its a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.”

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

“You dont have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.”

“I will offer a choice, not an echo”

“I wont say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.”

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

“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? Barry M”

“I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If its somebody elses secretary, fine.”

“You dont need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.”

“If you dont mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.”

“When Im not a politician, Ill be dead.”

“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.”