Barry Goldwater Quotes


I don't care if you keep this a secret or not. I've always supported you, and I think it's time this old Republican quit hiding behind the bush [i.e. George W. Bush].


Context

Enclosing a check for $500 for Arizona Democrat Morris K. Udall's reelection campaign:


Citations

Barry Goldwater, 1909-1998, U. S. Senator (Republican, AZ), Republican Nominee for President, August 1990

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Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
  • Born: January 2, 1909
  • Died: May 29, 1998
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician, statesman, businessman, United States Air Force officer, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, many political pundits and historians believe he laid the foundation for the conservative revolution to follow, as the grassroots organization and conservative takeover of the Republican party began a long-term realignment in American politics helped to bring about the "Reagan Revolution" of the 1980s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement.