American politics Quote by Barry Goldwater

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

— Barry Goldwater

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

— Barry Goldwater

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

Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time,…

— Barry Goldwater

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

— Barry Goldwater

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

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

— Barry Goldwater

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

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

Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.

— Barry Goldwater

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

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

— Barry Goldwater