Barry Goldwater Quotes

American - Politician January 2, 1909 - May 29, 1998

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Barry Goldwater

Justice Liberty Virtue Moderation

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.

Barry Goldwater

Time Equality Creative Differences

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 Goldwater

Life Family Wife Colleagues

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.

Barry Goldwater

Politics Me Justice You

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

Barry Goldwater

Government Single Tax More

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.

Barry Goldwater

Today Me Sometimes Say

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

Barry Goldwater

Fight You Die Country

You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.

Barry Goldwater

You Forget Drop Going

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

Barry Goldwater

Choice Will Offer Echo

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

Barry Goldwater

Disagree Disagreeable

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 Goldwater

Death Vote Fight Impossible

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

Barry Goldwater

Women Politics You Government

If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.

Barry Goldwater

Good Mind You Three

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

Business Man Fool Think

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

Barry Goldwater

Good Think Christian Right

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

Barry Goldwater

Wife History Listening Trying

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

Barry Goldwater

Meeting Succeed Place Only

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

Barry Goldwater

War Look Mud Like

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

Barry Goldwater

Dead Politician

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.

Barry Goldwater

You Shoot Military Just

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

Barry Goldwater

Trust Phone Here Nixon

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

Barry Goldwater

Great Me Grow Country

American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.

Barry Goldwater

Business American Selling Just

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