Jonah Goldberg Quotes

The search for a moral equivalent of war continues to define American liberalism to this day.

There's nothing within science per se that says medical researchers must not experiment on human subjects; it is the imposition of ethical dogma that constrains the scientist.

Historians write favorably, you know, for example, about Stalin because he was doing big things.

Governing involves choosing and making choices between competing goods.

A lot of the things that Trump needs to do to be a popular president requires annoying his biggest fans.

I like vengeance as much as the next guy, if the next guy likes vengeance a whole lot.

Dissent is morally neutral. You can correctly call yourself a dissident because you like to kick puppies, but at the end of the day, you're just a jerk who likes to kick puppies.

Let's treat politicians like Twinkies. They have to disclose their ingredients - i.e., where their money is from - but beyond that, let the buyer beware.

When I see hipsters wearing Mao hats or Lenin T-shirts, I'm grateful. It's like truth-in-labeling. For now I know you are: Woefully ignorant, morally stunted, purposively asinine, or all three.

A rising economic tide is bad for people who live off of the poverty of others.

We’re all born idiots, and we only get over that condition as we get less young.

In crude Marxist terms, liberals have a theory of infallible government that is constantly at war with the reality of life.

Science is wonderful at explaining what science is wonderful at explaining, but beyond that it tends to look for its car keys where the light is good.

Why is it fair game to question conservatives' love or loyalty to children or to their fellow man, but beyond the pale to question liberals' love of country?

You can see why the Marxist left would resist the idea that Hitler was a revolutionary. Because if he was, then either Hitler was a force for good, or revolutions can be bad.

[There] is something fundamentally unpatriotic in the yearning to fundamentally transform your country.

The more you socialize the costs of personal liberty, the more license you give others to regulate it.

Of course, it's a mystery to me why any American who can't be bothered to pay attention to politics unless Pamela Anderson is discussing it should be welcome in that conversation.

Capitalism is the greatest system ever created for alleviating general human misery, and yet it breeds ingratitude.

And, of course, liberals see no problem with using the government to impose their cultural beliefs on others; they just won't admit that's what they're doing.

Conservatives value economic liberty and moral security, while the liberal values economic security and moral liberty.

[Progressives] think the Constitution is like Felix the Cat's magic bag: Look in there long enough and hard enough, and you can find anything.

Progressivism was a sister movement of fascism, and today's liberalism is the daughter of Progressivism.

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

Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in the NBA.

I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans.

We are a species that must try to impose and find systems - systems of thought, ways of organizing and categorizing reality.

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

I suppose in John Kerry's world good diplomacy lets the boys in the bar finish raping the girl for fear of causing a fuss. Okay, that was unfair.