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Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern… — Barry Goldwater

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
1961
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1961
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Barry Goldwater
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Goldwater, Barry. Quoted in Saturday Evening Post. 31 Aug. 1963.

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