Barry Goldwater Quotes
We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige.
Barry Goldwater, 1909-1998, U.S. Senator (Republican, AZ), Republican Nominee for President, Press release during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, August, 1964
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As the U.S. flag was unfurled on the brig "Charles Dogget" before a voyage to Asia, the captain said:. This was the origin of the nickname for the American flag which later became so popular in the Civil War. The flag from that ship resides at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Eaton was the American Counsel in Tunis in the era of the Barbary Pirates. A white Italian woman had been captured by the Islamic pirates and sold into slavery in Tunis. She appealed to Eaton for her freedom. He then bought her for $5000. Later when he submitted his expense account to the President, Thomas Jefferson would not pay for the purchase of a slave. Eaton however had not purchased any other slaves who were just as oppressed, and there was suspicion that he might have had a personal interest in this particular woman. After several years of wrangling, Jefferson finally approved the reimbursement.
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.
