American - Politician | January 2, 1909 - May 29, 1998
Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
Barry Goldwater
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I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.
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I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.
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If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
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