Quotes from 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?

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

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

I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.

The fellow has absolutely no principles."Money and gall" is all he has.

Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.

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

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

I won't 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.

The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.

Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about--and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.

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

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

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

It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.

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

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

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

I've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.