Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about it in all those years, I just thought, why the hell shouldn't they serve? They're American citizens. As long as they're not doing things that are harmful to anyone else...… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
On Hillary Clinton, who was an ardent Goldwater supporter in 1964: 'If he'd let his wife run business, I think he'd be… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The big thing is to make this country... quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about it in all those years, I just thought, why the hell shouldn't they serve? They're American citizens. As long as they're not doing things that are harmful to anyone else...… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share
Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we're seeing is the negative side of nuclear war. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
My mother took us to services at the Episcopal church. Yet she always said that God was not just inside the four walls of… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
![“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God…” quote by Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d3/barry-goldwater-3353_acting_mark-my-word-if-and-when-these-preachers_1781309.jpg)
