Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Barry Goldwater US Congressperson

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jan 2, 1909
  • Died: May 29, 1998

Barry Morris Goldwater was a businessman and five-term United States Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party's nominee for president in the 1964 election. An articulate and charismatic figure during the first half of the 1960s, he was known as "Mr. Conservative".

Goldwater is the politician most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement.

Goldwater rejected the legacy of the New Deal and fought through the conservative coalition against the New Deal coalition. He mobilized a large conservative constituency to win the hard-fought Republican primaries. Goldwater's conservative campaign platform ultimately failed to gain the support of the electorate and he lost the 1964 presidential election to incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson by one of the largest landslides in history, bringing down many Republican candidates as well. The Johnson campaign and other critics painted him as a reactionary, while supporters praised his crusades against the Soviet Union, labor unions, and the welfare state.

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

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

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

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine. business

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

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

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

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

American business has just forgotten the importance of selling. business