I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is to act in a manner which could ultimately destroy the freedom of all American citizens, including the freedoms of the very persons whose feelings and whose liberties are the major subject of this legislation.
Barry GoldwaterIf you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
Barry GoldwaterYou don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
Barry GoldwaterIt is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.
Barry GoldwaterWe Americans understand freedom; we have earned it, we have lived for it, and we have died for it. This nation and its people are freedom's models in a searching world. We can be freedom's missionaries in a doubting world. The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.
Barry Goldwater