<P> Many versions of the speech exist , since it was altered over many weeks . Contrary to popular belief , however , the speech was not given at the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco , California as a nomination speech for presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater ; Richard Nixon gave that nomination speech . Reagan , though he campaigned for Goldwater , did not use `` A Time for Choosing '' until October 27 , 1964 , when it was part of a pre-recorded television program , Rendezvous with Destiny . In his autobiography , An American Life , Reagan recalled going to bed that night `` hoping I had n't let Barry down . '' </P>
where was a time for choosing speech given
part of a pre-recorded television program , Rendezvous with Destiny