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{{Quote|quote="The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don't hurt anyone else in the process."
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Barry Goldwater was the [[File:RepubUS.png]] [[Conservatism|Republican]] senator of Arizona from 1953-1965 and 1969-1987. At the time he was considered to be on the "fringe right-wing" of the party for his opposition to the legacy of the [[File:FDRismF.png]] [[Social Liberalism|New Deal]] and support of [[File:Libertarian.png]] laissez-faire economics, as this had alienated the more moderate and liberal wings of his party. Despite being a member of the NAACP and a supporter of desegregation, Goldwater had reluctantly voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because he believed it partially violated the rights of businesses. He was selected as the [[File:RepubUS.png]] [[Conservatism|GOP]]'s presidential candidate in 1964, where he lost by a landslide against the [[File:Demcr.png]] Democratic President [[File:
===[[File:RonPaul.png]] [[w:Ron_Paul|Ron Paul]]===
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