“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice,†he said. “And…moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
I forgot that was his quote.
Goldwater’s phrase was “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue”.
It was written for Goldwater by his speechwriter Karl Hess. Hess picked it up from Harry Jaffa but a version of it dates back to Rome’s Cicero.