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Jonah Goldberg is an American author and political commentator recognized for his conservative views. Born on March 21, 1969, Goldberg has authored several books on politics and culture, including 'Liberal Fascism' and 'The Tyranny of Clichés'. He has contributed to various publications and has been a frequent guest on television and radio programs.

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“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 political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.”

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“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 delivered.”

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Book:Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

Source: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

“[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 say.”

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Book:Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

Source: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

“Seriously, in 2008 we elected a community organizer, state senator, college instructor first term senator over a guy who spent five years in a Vietnamese prison. And now he's lecturing us about how America's gone "soft"? Really?”

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“The mainstream perception that conservatives are close-minded and dogmatic while liberals are open-minded and free-thinking has it almost exactly backward. Liberal dogma is settled: The government should do good, where it can, whenever it can. That is President Obama's idea of pragmatism and bipartisanship: He's open to all ideas, from either side of the aisle, about how best to expand government and get the state more involved in our lives.”

“Someone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.”

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“A week after his State of the Union address, political observers are still trying to figure out what President Obama's game is. That's because rhetorically and substantively, he seems to be in another world.”

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“If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or baseball cards, or 1960s British comedies to policy minutiae and political arcana. But, like Christians in ancient Rome, you can still spot them if you know the signals.”

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Author:Jonah Goldberg

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Born: March 21, 1969
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