|colspan="3"|<hr/>Some Republicans including senators Goldwater (left), Hickenlooper (center), and Cotton (right) who voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act were principled [[conservatives]]/[[libertarians]] who adamantly supported civil rights but opposed sections of the bill that would increase the size and scope of the federal government, despite leftist whitewashing that especially attempts to paint the Arizona senator as "racist". | |colspan="3"|<hr/>Some Republicans including senators Goldwater (left), Hickenlooper (center), and Cotton (right) who voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act were principled [[conservatives]]/[[libertarians]] who adamantly supported civil rights but opposed sections of the bill that would increase the size and scope of the federal government, despite leftist whitewashing that especially attempts to paint the Arizona senator as "racist". |