Quotes of Jonah Goldberg - somelinesforyou

“ Hence the great irony: Hayek, one of the greatest champions of individual liberty and economic freedom the world has ever known, believed that knowledge was communal. Dewey, the champion of socialism and collectivism, believed that knowledge was individual. Hayek's is a philosophy that treats individuals as the best judges of their own selfinterests, which in turn yield staggering communal cooperation. Dewey's was the philosophy of a giant, Monty Pythonesque crowd shouting on cue: "We're All Individuals! ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Hence the great irony: Hayek, one of the greatest champions of individual liberty and economic freedom the world has ever known, believed that knowledge was communal. Dewey, the champion of socialism and collectivism, believed that knowledge was individual. Hayek's is a philosophy that treats individuals as the best judges of their own selfinterests, which in turn yield staggering communal cooperation. Dewey's was the philosophy of a giant, Monty Pythonesque crowd shouting on cue: "We're All Individuals! ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Cultures grow on the vine of tradition. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Yeah, sure, it's embarrassing, I guess. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ I have a simple answer to any American patriot who claims there is no conflict between his/her love of country and his/her desire to hitch our fate to the United Nations: 'You're mistaken.'. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ First Amendment absolutists think it's outrageous whenever a strip club is banned, but the same people have no problem with keeping Wal-Mart or McDonald's out of their town or banning cigarette advertising. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ 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. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Yeah, sure, it's embarrassing, I guess. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ 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. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Yeah, sure, it's embarrassing, I guess. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Cultures grow on the vine of tradition. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ I have a simple answer to any American patriot who claims there is no conflict between his/her love of country and his/her desire to hitch our fate to the United Nations: 'You're mistaken.'. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Yeah, sure, it's embarrassing, I guess. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ This is not a story anymore about George Bush's service in the National Guard. It's a story about CBS. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Liberty has turned into licentiousness, and tolerance for dissenters has become little more than rank relativism and nihilism. All perspectives are equally valid, which means no perspective is truly valid. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ 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. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ First Amendment absolutists think it's outrageous whenever a strip club is banned, but the same people have no problem with keeping Wal-Mart or McDonald's out of their town or banning cigarette advertising. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ 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. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Yeah, sure, it's embarrassing, I guess. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Cultures grow on the vine of tradition. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ I have a simple answer to any American patriot who claims there is no conflict between his/her love of country and his/her desire to hitch our fate to the United Nations: 'You're mistaken.'. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil. ”

- Jonah Goldberg

“ First Amendment absolutists think it's outrageous whenever a strip club is banned, but the same people have no problem with keeping Wal-Mart or McDonald's out of their town or banning cigarette advertising. ”

- Jonah Goldberg
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