Jonah Goldberg Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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 it never did so.”

“Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you.”

“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 something called social Darwinism. It didn't exist.”

“You know those Navy SEALs, they weren't Democrats and Republicans. They were just doing what was best for America. Wouldn't that be a great country if all of you Americans were just like that? You followed orders, you marched in step and you followed my agenda.”

“Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above.”

“The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective.”

“The main difference between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives are honest about it. We're kind of dorks about it. We are kind of like Dungeons and Dragons geeks.”

“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 moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies.”

“I think as - all in all, it's better to have a cool president than a not cool president.”

“If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.”