The following are excerpts of Sen. Barry Goldwater’s presidential nomination acceptance speech in 1964. I accept your nomination with a deep sense of humility. I accept, too, the responsibility ...

Goldwater's speech "is really the first time many Americans, Democrat as well as Republican, got to see Barry Goldwater at work," Simpson said. "And the message he delivered, and the stridency ...

Fifty years ago on July 16, 1964, Arizona’s conservative senator Barry Goldwater began his presidential run with a speech at the Republican National Convention that is still remembered for its ...

Anybody who saw that speech that night figured, if Reagan didn't have it in his mind to run — we wanted him to run for something. Q: In his day, Barry Goldwater was known as Mr. Conservative.

Q: Was Barry Goldwater's acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican convention -- in which he said, "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice… and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no ...

It was written for posterity which because of that speech and what it portends will not include [Barry Goldwater] as president. In those days there were no spin doctors to work the news media and ...

ADVERTISEMENT Not surprisingly, some around Barry Goldwater thought it was a lousy idea. “A few days before the speech was scheduled to go on the air,” Reagan later wrote, “I got a call from ...