Barry Goldwater is a hero of mine. I still fondly remember my "AuH20" sticker from the 1964 campaign. Interestingly, I just re-read Conscience of a Conservative a week or so ago. He did quit the NAACP (just as I did when I realized what a corrupt outfit it was).
I would surmise that some of Goldwater's views may not have been embraced by the NAACP:
"It may be just or wise or expedient for Negro children to attend the same schools as white children, but they do not have a civil right to do so which is protected by the Federal Constitution or which is enforceable by the Federal Government." He subscribes to the "objectives" of the Supreme Court's 1954 desegregation decision, Goldwater says, but "I am not prepared to impose that judgment of mine on the people of Mississippi or South Carolina."
I don't have his book handy at present but I believe those quotes (taken from a Time magazine article on line) are what I recall from the "Civil Rights" chapter of the book.
‘I don’t have his book handy at present but I believe those quotes (taken from a Time magazine article on line) are what I recall from the “Civil Rights” chapter of the book.’
Well ‘The Conscience of a Conservative’ was in large part written by William F Buckley, Jr. and Brent Bozell, Jr. and published in 1960. I get the impression that the quote you cited was likely written to explain Barry’s vote against the 1964 Civil Rights Act, or possibly written in anticipation of such a bill.