Jonah Goldberg

“The argument that the two parties are the same is the lazy person's way out of thinking.”

“The problem isn't that people are smart, the problem is that they think they are.”

“Patriotism is a form of love. It is a love of country, which is a love of the things that make up a country.”

“My own view is that being a vegetarian is morally laudable but not morally required.”

“The welfare state is not a system of compassion. It's a system of control.”

“Fascism, properly understood, is not a phenomenon of the right. It is a phenomenon of the left.”

“If you think you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.”

“Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have bad consequences.”

“The great con of modern liberalism is that it purports to be the only ideology that is devoted to progress.”

“The modern state is a giant insurance company with an army.”

“Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.”

“Capitalism is not a religion. It is a tool. It is an engine of prosperity.”

“The tyranny of certitude is the greatest threat to liberty.”