At 06:27 PM 7/17/94 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
The same Karl Hess (sadly departed on the same day as Tricky Dick Nixon) who wrote for Goldwater: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation no virtue" (or something like that; I can't remember the exact words). Hess was an anarchist, and open about it.
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the search for justice is no virtue." Delivered at the '64 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco (actually Daly City), California. It was ascribed to Karl but he said he didn't actually write it. Au H2O DCF "Ted, I'm pregnant." "Don't worry Mary Jo. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. -Still the best Chappaquiddick joke. July 18, 1969