Peace Through Strength Quotes
Essentially similar ideas were expressed earlier by George Washington and in antiquity by Vegetius and Horace.
Goldwater had predicted that the LBJ campaign would attack him for some of his warlike and aggressive statements and try and depict him as someone not responsible enough for the Presidency. He was personally convinced that his hard line policies would inhibit Russian aggression. He prepared this and other ads, but the voters were not persuaded and Goldwater was trounced.