Remembering “Mr. Conservative”

Time Magazine, June 2, 1964

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater was known as “Mr. Conservative.” He was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona and the GOP nominee for President in 1964.

Barry Morris Goldwater
January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998

Happy Birthday, Paul Revere

Statue of Paul Revere by Cyrus E. Dallin, in the Paul Revere Mall, North End, Boston, Massachusetts.

“I knew what they were after; that I had alarmed the country all the way up, that their boats were caught aground, and I should have 500 men there soon. One of them said they had 1500 coming; he seemed surprised and rode off into the road, and informed them who took me, they came down immediately on a full gallop.”

Paul Revere
January 1, 1735 – May 10, 1818

Not to be confused with this Paul Revere.