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Barry Goldwater Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.



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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.



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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?



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



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