A rare view inside FoxGoldberg, in a phone interview with Per Smith, provided a rare on-the-record peek inside Fox's political positioning. Per Smith. Jonah Goldberg More Quotes by Jonah Goldberg More Quotes From Jonah Goldberg (I)f France's righteous bloviating against war makes them your Dashboard Saint of International Integrity, it's either because you are sand-poundingly ignorant of how the world works or it's because you think France's self-interest is more important than America's. If the former applies to you, read a book. If it's the latter, maybe you should move there along with Alec Baldwin, Robert Altman, and the rest of the crowd who promised to leave a long time ago. But whatever you do, don't call France's position principled, because that just insults us both. Jonah Goldberg integritywarmoving (J)ust to clarify: If you go into every situation saying there's absolutely nothing worth fighting over, you will inevitably end up on a cot sleeping next to a guy named Tiny, bringing him breakfast in his cell every morning, and spending your afternoons ironing his boxers. Or, in the case of the French, you might spend your afternoon rounding up Jews to send to Germany, but you get the point. Jonah Goldberg fightingsleepmorning Public unions are the country's foremost advocates for increased taxes at all levels of government. Jonah Goldberg unionsgovernmentcountry Americans are very smart about the things they care about, and ignorant about the things they don't. Jonah Goldberg ignorantsmartcare [C]ontemporary liberalism stands on a foundation of assumptions and ideas integral to the larger fascist movement. Jonah Goldberg foundationmovementideas 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. Jonah Goldberg ethicaldogmamedical Keep in mind that Eric Alterman is media critic for The Nation-a hysterically left-wing magazine dedicated to the proposition that corporate America, U.S. foreign policy and the Republican Party are criminal, racist or both. The simple reality is that, for him, the Democratic Party is far too conservative. Jonah Goldberg partysimplereality If you write for the critics, only the critics will read you. Jonah Goldberg criticsifswriting Pragmatism is the disguise progressive and other ideologues do when they want to demonize competing ideologies. Jonah Goldberg ideologuesprogressivewant Today's unions are less Mobbed-up than those of yesteryear to be sure, but they're hardly above tactics that would be considered intimidating and coercive. Jonah Goldberg yesteryeartacticswould-be Capitalism is the greatest system ever created for alleviating general human misery, and yet it breeds ingratitude. Jonah Goldberg capitalismmiseryhumans The more you socialize the costs of personal liberty, the more license you give others to regulate it. Jonah Goldberg costlibertygiving Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in the NBA. Jonah Goldberg nbadiversitywould-be As a broad generalization, big businesses have no moral objections to being whores. Getting into bed with Uncle Sam is all a question of price, not principle. Jonah Goldberg unclesbedprinciples Conservatives value economic liberty and moral security, while the liberal values economic security and moral liberty. Jonah Goldberg economicmoralliberty The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective. Jonah Goldberg premisesperspectivebook Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above. Jonah Goldberg levelssocialmatter The GOP needs to figure out a way to become more appealing to new constituencies. Jonah Goldberg figureswayneeds 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. Jonah Goldberg forcerevolutionideas Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery. Jonah Goldberg debtofficefacts
