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“Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them.”

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Barry Goldwater, a former United States Senator, was born on January 2, 1909, and passed away on May 29, 1998. He was known for his conservative political stance and was a Senator from Arizona from 1953 to 1965. more

“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... So I came out for it.”

Years Long Hell Military Citizens Mets Gay American Citizens

Author:Barry Goldwater

“The oldest philosophy in the world is conservatism, and I go clear back to the first Greeks. ... When you say 'radical right' today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye.”

“Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

Liberty Vices Defense Extremism

Author:Barry Goldwater

“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.”

Men Long Opportunity Wealth Levels Highest Mere Seeking Public Service Small Man

Author:Barry Goldwater

“If the Conservative is less anxious than his Liberal brethren to increase Social Security ‘benefits,’ it is because he is more anxious than his Liberal brethren that people be free throughout their lives to spend their earnings when and as they see fit”

People Ifs Social Security Fit Benefits Increase Conservative Anxious Earning Social Security Brethren

Book:The Conscience of a Conservative

Source: The Conscience of a Conservative

“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.”

Thinking Knows Government Force Secret Air Investigation Ufo Air Force

Author:Barry Goldwater

“The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of people’s private lives. Government governs best when it governs least – and stays out of the impossible task of legislating morality. But legislating someone’s version of morality is exactly what we do by perpetuating discrimination against gays.”

People Should Government Belief Impossible Movement Morality Gay Tasks Conservative Discrimination Versions Private Life Perpetuating

Author:Barry Goldwater

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