Goldwater, Barry Morris

US Republican politician, air force general, and businessman

president of Goldwater's Inc. department store 1937-1953

chief of staff of Arizona Air National Guard 1946-1952

member of Phoenix City Council 1949-1952

chairman of Goldwater's Inc. department store 1953-1960

Senator from Arizona 1953-1965, 1969-1987

Republican presidential candidate 1964

in 1964 nomination acceptance speech, made famous declaration that "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice...[and] moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue"

chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Affairs 1981-1985

chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee 1985-1987

wrote "The Conscience of a Conservative" 1960, "With No Apologies: The Personal and Political Memoirs of United States Senator Barry M. Goldwater" 1979

exerted influence as longtime ideological leader of conservative-libertarian wing of Republican party

• "None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers… If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don't leave it all up to big government."
• "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. ... Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
• "I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone."
• "To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering."