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I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: 'We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out but we always suit up.'

Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater
Age: 89 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: May 29
Aircraft Pilot
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Former United States Senator
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Politician
Phoenix
Arizona
Barry Morris Goldwater
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Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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It's political Daddyism and it's as old as demagogues and despotism.
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I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is to act in a manner which could ultimately destroy the freedom of all American citizens, including the freedoms of the very persons whose feelings and whose liberties are the major subject of this legislation.
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