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To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.

Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater
Age: 89 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: May 29
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Former United States Senator
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Barry Morris Goldwater
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