Barry Goldwater

Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a United States politician and a founding figure in the modern conservative movement in the USA. Goldwater personified the shift in balance in American culture from the Northeast to the West. A five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953-1965, 1969-87), he was the Republican Party candidate for the U.S. President in the 1964 election which he lost to Lyndon B. Johnson.

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• The Goldwater Institute advances the principles of free enterprise, individual responsiblity, and constitutionally-limited government, espoused by Senator Goldwater.
• Goldwater's 1964 acceptance speech at the Republican Convention - the 'extremism in the defense of liberty' speech.
• Extended "in memoriam" reporting from the Arizona Republic