Best Jonah Goldberg Sayings
- The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a… Among
- If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil. Devil
- If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize. Anyone
- Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above. Distinction
- The GOP needs to figure out a way to become more appealing to new constituencies. Appealing
- But you're never taught in schools - we don't teach anyone in public schools that government is the problem. We don't teach anyone in college… Anyone
- One of the things that really drove me crazy was the way in which college kids, in particular, are educated to think that ideology is… Bad
- Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush… Base
- There was no intellectual movement in American history called social Darwinism. The people who were supposedly the leaders of the social Darwinist movement never embraced… American
- Simply because the nanny-state wants to hug you doesn't mean it's not tyrannical if you don't want to be hugged. Hug
- Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in… American
- The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective. Bit
- America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it and have it… America
- If there is ever a fascist takeover in America, it will come not in the form of storm troopers kicking down doors but with lawyers… America
- The government cannot love you, and any politics that works on a different assumption is destined for no good. Any
- [American] liberalism today sees no realm of human life that is beyond political significance, from what you eat to what you smoke to what you… American
- If you think shrinking government and getting it less involved in your life is a hallmark of tyranny it is only because you are either… Believe
- Government money only pays for the "liberties" the government thinks you should have, and therefore it can determine how you exercise them. That turns liberties… Determine
- Not reassuring when weathermen say 'Today will be terrible but don't worry it won't be as terrible as tomorrow or Friday. Friday
- I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing a great job if his skin contained less melanin. Bigotry
- You can make a very good argument that society would be much worse off if you let 10 rapists and murderers free rather than put… Accountant
- But it is one of these sort of mythologies about America and its intellectual history, that the right embraced this thing called social Darwinism, when… America