Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea.

Barry Goldwater

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Topic

Culture war American politics

Speaker

Barry Goldwater

Source

Washington Star

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Quoted in Saturday Evening Post. 31 Aug. 1963.

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Time
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