Barry Goldwater: “We don't have to destroy our nation's natural wonders to get jobs.”

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.

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

You don't have to be straight to shoot straight.

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