I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Source: In first speech after accepting Republican presidential nomination; in NY Times, 11 Aug 1964.
-- Barry Goldwater, (Jan 1 1909-1998), US politician; The father of modern conservatism was a Republican senator from Arizona and presidential candidate,1964, against Lyndon Baines Johnson.