Barry M. Goldwater (b.1909-1998). Barry Morris Goldwater was a United States politician and a founding figure in the modern conservative movement. Goldwater personified the shift in balance in American culture from the Northeast to the West. A five-term United States Senator from Arizona, he was the Republican Party candidate for the Presidency in the 1964 election.

Although many of the policies and ideas advocated by Goldwater were out-of-step with the liberal political consensus of the United States in the two decades following World War II, his losing campaign proved to be a turning point for the modern Republican Party, which just sixteen years later nominated and elected Ronald Reagan, a conservative clone of Goldwater .This was the final triumph of the 'sagebrush' Republicans who joined with their conservative southern soulmates to restore the Republican Party to majority rule across the country at all levels of government.

Barry Goldwateter delivered a stemwinder acceptace spoeech in 1964 that in retrospect contains much wisdom as to how this nation and its citizens should have conducted themselves. The speech was rich is specific recommendations and emphasized the importance of human liberty and freedom. There were several great lines from that speech but none better than:

Of course this quote sent the pundits and talking heads into orbit while cluck, clucking about what an 'extremist' Goldwater was.I'll leave it to history to judge just how correct Barry really was.In any regard he laid the foundation for Ronald Reagan which is more that justification for being considered a great man.

This offering is his famous quote, slightly condensed, in calligraphy that is signed by Goldwater. The quote is archivally framed and ready to display. The dimensions of the framed item is 18 in x 8.25 in. The framing is a nice dark walnut wood. The quote is signed Barry Goldwater. The item was signed while Goldwater was still a United States Senator.

Price:$495.00

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