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Oct 20, 2020 · How Barry Goldwater Brought the Far Right to Center Stage in the 1964 Presidential Race. Despite a landslide loss, the Arizona Republican ignited his party's ultra-conservative wing for decades...
Mar 6, 2020 · Profile of Barry Goldwater. Former Presidential Candidate and US Senator. William Lovelace / Stringer / Getty Images. By. Marcus Hawkins. Updated on March 06, 2020. Barry Goldwater was a 5-term US Senator from Arizona and the Republican nominee for president in 1964.
As senator, Goldwater advocated a limited federal government while championing a stronger national defense. His widely read 1960 book, The Conscience of a Conservative, brought the Arizona senator to national attention as he became a founder of the modern conservative movement.
As senator, Goldwater proposed a new—some said radical—political agenda. "He preached the cause of modern conservatism," wrote one biographer, which emphasized “individualism, the sanctity of private property… anticommunism, and the dangers of centralized power.”
May 30, 1998 · Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona, the recklessly candid Republican Presidential candidate who founded the modern conservative political movement in America, died yesterday at his home in Paradise...
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May 29, 1998 · Barry Goldwater. Born January 1, 1909 Phoenix, Arizona. Died May 29, 1998 Paradise Valley, Arizona. Republican politician and presidential candidate "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." —Barry Goldwater.
By ADAM CLYMER. arry M. Goldwater, the recklessly candid Republican Presidential candidate who founded the modern conservative political movement in America, died on Friday in Paradise Valley, Ariz. He was 89. Credit:The Associated Press.
