Friday, January 3, 1964: Barry Goldwater

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater, promising the Democrats a campaign "dogfight" and the voters "a choice, not an echo," yesterday plunged into the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

     -- Associated Press, January 4 (link to full story: @)

     -- Photo from Associated Press

* Text of remarks (from www.4president.org): @ 

* Video of remarks (from Associated Press Archive): @

* "Barry Goldwater: Where He Stands" (from Congressional Quarterly): @

* "Sen. Barry Goldwater's Stated Views on Issues" (from Associated Press): @
* "Barry Goldwater Speaks Out" (video from Goldwater for President Committee): @

* "The Conscience of a Conservative" (Goldwater, 1960): @

* "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus" (Rick Perlstein, 2001): @ 

* "A Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement" (J. William Middendorf II, 2008): @ 

* "Goldwater Remembered" (Washington Post, 1998): @
* Goldwater Collection (from Arizona Historical Foundation): @
* Goldwater Institute (Phoenix, Arizona): @

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