Barry Goldwater wurde am 1 Januar 1909 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA geboren. Er war mit Susan Shaffer Wechsler und Margaret Johnson Goldwater verheiratet. Er starb am 29 Mai 1998 in Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA.
After some journalists garnered a quote from a psychiatrist saying he might be insane, he sued for libel. There is now the "Goldwater Principle", that you should not speculate about someone's mental health from a distance.
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no
vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of
justice is no virtue!" - Acceptance speech to the Republican National
Convention, 1964.
