Barry Goldwater Quotes
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Goldwater, Barry. "Acceptance Speech." Republican National Convention, 16 July 1964, Cow Palace, San Francisco. Address.
This famous phrase, which boomeranged on Goldwater, was actually a close paraphrase of the great Roman orator Cicero. See related quote.
This was the intellectual basis of the famous speech by Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential race—see related quote.
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.
