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Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
— Barry Goldwater
Tags: republicans, religion, preachers, politics, lobbying, god, compromise, christianity

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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
— Barry Goldwater
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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
— Barry Goldwater
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
— Barry Goldwater
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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.
— Barry Goldwater
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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?
— Barry Goldwater
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