Barry Goldwater: “You don't have to be straight to shoot straight.”

I will not be deflected or sidetracked in this effort, even if I get a letter a day from everyone in the Pentagon.

In his acceptance speech at the convention that year, he famously thundered that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.

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.

Having given our pensioners their medical care in kind, why not food baskets? Why not public housing accommodations? Why not a vacation resort? Why not a ration of cigarettes for those who smoke and beer for those who drink?