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Interviews with people of all political persuasions, at all economic and educational levels, in all parts of the U.S., find this sentiment constantly repeated. "Goldwater and his nuclear stand," says Denver Auto Salesman Arnold Grand, "scare me to death." Says Nashville Trucker John A. Wilson...
...California and in New York, as well as in most other states, politicians have set up residency-requirement laws for a license to practice as an accountant, doctor, lawyer, insurance or security salesman, real estate or insurance broker...
...student wants to know what is in a four-part book on quantum mechanics written in Greek, Latin, German and English. A sightless theologian needs to absorb Reinhold Niebuhr's The Nature and Destiny of Man. A farmer must learn the contents of Modern Fruit Science. An aspiring salesman pleads to know The Five Great Rules of Selling...
...hear people talking about it all up and down the bar," said Minneapolis Restaurant Night Manager Paul Gian-cola. "Every time there is an uprising, they say, There are more votes for Goldwater.' " In Washington, IBM Salesman Jack Quinn explained: "The demonstrations started out to prove a point, and they've gone beyond that point. They've gone into areas they shouldn't be in." In St. Louis, Father James Marshall, a young white assistant pastor of St. Bridget's Catholic Church, wrote in a straightforward letter to the Globe-Democrat: "The hatred gushing forth...
...declare his candidacy. A man without personal guile, Goldwater was not just being coy. It was the conservative cause he cared about, not the achievement of personal power; it was a matter of principles, not politics. "I'm not a philosopher," he said. "I'm a salesman trying to sell the conservative view of government." As far as holding the nation's highest office was concerned, Barry was doubt-ridden. "I'm not even sure that I've got the brains to be President of the U.S.," he once said. And there was another problem...