Barry Goldwater

===1964 Republican National Convention===
{{See also|1964 Republican National Convention}}

Eisenhower gave his support to Goldwater when he told reporters, "I personally believe that Goldwater is not an extremist as some people have made him, but in any event we're all Republicans."<ref>{{cite book|title=Before the storm : Barry Goldwater and the unmaking of the American consensus|url=https://archive.org/details/beforestormbarry0000perl_k0s0|url-access=registration|last=Perlstein|first= Rick|date=2009|publisher=Nation|isbn=978-1568584126|page=[https://archive.org/details/beforestormbarry0000perl_k0s0/page/344 344]|oclc=938852638}}</ref> His nomination was staunchly opposed by the so-called [[Rockefeller Republican|Liberal Republicans]], who thought Goldwater's demand for [[rollback|active measures to defeat]] the [[Soviet Union]] would foment a [[nuclear war]]. In addition to Rockefeller, prominent Republican office-holders refused to endorse Goldwater's candidacy, including both Republican Senators from New York [[Kenneth Keating|Kenneth B. Keating]] and [[Jacob Javits]], [[Pennsylvania]] governor [[William Scranton]], Michigan governor [[George W. Romney|George Romney]] and Congressman [[John Lindsay|John V. Lindsay]] ([[New York's 17th congressional district|NY-17]]).<ref>"Lindsay Rejects National Ticket; To Run on His Own; He Attacks Positions Taken by G.O.P. Convention in Nominating Goldwater", The New York Times, August 4, 1964, Retrieved December 13, 2020, www.nytimes.com/1964/08/04/archives/lindsay-rejegts-national-ticket-to-run-on-his-own-he-attacks.html</ref> Rockefeller Republican [[Jackie Robinson]] walked out of the convention in disgust over Goldwater's nomination. [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]], who was [[Richard Nixon]]'s running mate in 1960, also opposed Goldwater, calling his proposal of realigning the Democrat and Republican parties into two Liberal and Conservative parties "totally abhorrent" and thought that no one in their right mind should oppose the federal government in having a role in the future of America.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-jackie-robinson-100-politics-mlk-nixon-0131-20190130-story.html|title = Jackie Robinson fought for a racially inclusive GOP|website = [[Chicago Tribune]]| date=January 30, 2019 |access-date = December 23, 2020|archive-date = January 20, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210120052854/https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-jackie-robinson-100-politics-mlk-nixon-0131-20190130-story.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>"Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus", Rick Perlstein, 2009</ref><ref>"Lodge Denounces Party Realigning; "Totally abhorrent", he says of Goldwater's proposal"", New York Times, November 16, 1964</ref>

In the face of such opposition, Goldwater delivered a well-received acceptance speech. According to the author [[Lee Edwards]]: "[Goldwater] devoted more care [to it] than to any other speech in his political career. And with good reason: he would deliver it to the largest and most attentive audience of his life."<ref>{{cite book|title=Goldwater : the man who made a revolution|last=Lee|first=Edwards|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=1995|isbn=0895264714|location=Washington, D.C.|page=[https://archive.org/details/goldwater00leee/page/267 267]|url=https://archive.org/details/goldwater00leee/page/267}}</ref> Journalist John Adams commented: "his acceptance speech was bold, reflecting his conservative views, but not irrational.  Rather than shrinking from those critics who accuse him of extremism, Goldwater challenged them head-on" in his acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican Convention.<ref>{{cite book|author=Adams, John|title=In the Trenches: Adventures in Journalism and Public Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hsALOP-k6-gC&pg=PA73|year=2012|pages=73–|publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-1462067831|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=November 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121234759/https://books.google.com/books?id=hsALOP-k6-gC&pg=PA73|url-status=live}}</ref> In his own words:
{{blockquote|I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice (40 s of applause by the crowd.) And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue  (10 s of applause.)<ref>{{cite book |editor=Andrews, Robert |title=Famous Lines: A Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtciwlIG3sMC&pg=PA159 |year=1997 |page=159 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0231102186 |access-date=July 11, 2016 |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121143456/https://books.google.com/books?id=MtciwlIG3sMC&pg=PA159 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube |id=OQ-7g52P7j0 |t=43m55s |title=1964 Barry Goldwater GOP Convention Acceptance Speech, at 43m55s}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2001/11/04/barry-goldwaters-republican-convention-speech-1964/  |last=Hess |first=Karl |date=November 4, 2001 |website=nationalcenter.org |publisher=National Center for Public Policy Research |title=Barry Goldwater's 1964 Acceptance Speech Republican Presidential Nomination 1964 Republican National Convention Cow Palace San Francisco |access-date=June 27, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>}}
His paraphrase of [[Cicero]] was included at the suggestion of [[Harry V. Jaffa]], though the speech was primarily written by [[Karl Hess]]. Because of President Johnson's popularity, Goldwater refrained from attacking the president directly. He did not mention Johnson by name at all in his convention speech.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Although raised as an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Kurt F. Stone|title=The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&pg=PA191|year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=191|isbn=978-0810877382}}</ref> Goldwater was the first candidate of [[American Jews|Jewish]] descent, through his father, to be nominated for president by a major American party.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Evans|first1=Harold|last2=Buckland|first2=Gail|last3=Baker|first3=Kevin|date=1998|title=The American Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a013AAAAMAAJ|publisher=Knopf|page=515|isbn=0679410708|quote=The first major candidate known to be of ethnic Jewish origin, Goldwater used to joke that only half of him could join an exclusive country club.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Murray Friedman|title=The Neoconservative Revolution: Jewish Intellectuals and the Shaping of Public Policy|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2006|pages=96–97|quote=Goldwater did not run as a Jew and did not seek the support of other Jews. He did not go out of his way to support Israel, either. On the other hand, he never disavowed his Jewish antecedents. ... Whether Goldwater should be seen as Jewish is an open question. }}</ref>