The Mars Polar Lander cost the average American the price of half a cheeseburger. A human lander would cost the average American more - perhaps even ten cheeseburgers! So be it. That is no great sacrifice. Jonah Goldberg More Quotes by Jonah Goldberg More Quotes From Jonah Goldberg If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize. Jonah Goldberg saying-no effects perfect If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil. Jonah Goldberg would-be evil made [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. Jonah Goldberg cat long thinking The progressive notion of the state as a loving, caring parent is becoming a bipartisan affair. Jonah Goldberg becoming parent caring 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. Jonah Goldberg treats ingredients politician Despite what you may have been taught about Indians or Africans or ancient Celts, poor people are terrible stewards of their environment. For instance, if my kid were starving to death, I would happily feed her fresh panda. Jonah Goldberg pandas kids people [In] the post-Enlightenment world, science [has] taken the place of magic, miracles, and superstition. Jonah Goldberg magic miracle taken (I)t is simply wrong to confuse cowardice with appeasement. Cowardice is a failing of character. Appeasement is a failure of policy. Stalin appeased Hitler when he signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Stalin was an evil character, to be sure. But cowardice really isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Stalin ' that word is “sexy.” I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Jonah Goldberg sexy character thinking [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. Jonah Goldberg human-life political today Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you. Jonah Goldberg support winning might I think as - all in all, it's better to have a cool president than a not cool president. Jonah Goldberg president thinking I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans. Jonah Goldberg more-money barack republican We’re all born idiots, and we only get over that condition as we get less young. Jonah Goldberg idiot born young Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. Jonah Goldberg champion hypocrisy long You know those Navy SEALs, they weren't Democrats and Republicans. They were just doing what was best for America. Wouldn't that be a great country if all of you Americans were just like that? You followed orders, you marched in step and you followed my agenda. Jonah Goldberg order country america Those who say they dislike dogma, or 'certainty', tend to be liars, hypocrites, or simply wrong. What they really dislike is the dogma of those they disagree with. A society that was certain, certain beyond all certainty, that putting its citizens in death camps was wrong, would never put people in death camps. Such things are only possible when you're open to new ideas. Jonah Goldberg hypocrite liars knowledge On Tuesday, the so-called Islamic State released a slickly produced video showing a Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a steel cage. On Wednesday, the United Nations issued a report detailing various 'mass executions of boys, as well as reports of beheadings, crucifixions of children, and burying children alive' at the hands of the Islamic State. Jonah Goldberg islamic boys children Liberals are Nazis, and Nazis are liberals. And if you don't agree with me, you're a Nazi too. Jonah Goldberg nazi agree ifs The white male is the Jew of liberal fascism. Jonah Goldberg males fascism white Government money only pays for the "liberties" the government thinks you should have, and therefore it can determine how you exercise them. That turns liberties into privileges dispensed at the whim of the state. Jonah Goldberg government exercise thinking
