Barry Goldwater - Goldwater (1988)

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You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.

Barry Goldwater

Vietnam is about halfway around the world from Washington. It's as large as the major European nations, with nearly 130,000 square miles... Its ancient recorded history goes back to 111 B. C... We entered (that country) with considerable ignorance.

Barry Goldwater

Johnson was a dirty fighter. Any campaign with him in it would involve a lot of innuendo and lies. Johnson was a wheeler-dealer. Neither he nor anyone else could change that. That's what he was. And Johnson was a treacherous boot. He'd slap you on the back today and stab you in the back tomorrow. Moreover, LBJ was dull. He was a lousy public speaker. The man didn't believe half of what he said. He was a hypocrite, and it came through in the hollowness of his speech. LBJ made me sick.

Barry Goldwater

There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.

Barry Goldwater

I told Johnson and old colleagues on Capitol Hill that we had two clear choices. Either win the [Vietnam] war in a relatively short time, say within a year, or pull out all our troops and come home.

Barry Goldwater

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

Barry Goldwater