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Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above.

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Jonah Goldberg
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: March 21
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Jonah Jacob Goldberg
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The Founders understood that democracy was important, but if you didn't filter it through a republican system you'd be just as likely to end up with a tyranny of the majority as you would with a healthy society. Don't worry, I won't quote the Federalist Papers, but trust me, it's in there.
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In Europe and America alike, voters increasingly recognize that the benefits of the green revolution aren't worth the costs, particularly when the revolutionaries don't have a clue what they're doing.
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In crude Marxist terms, liberals have a theory of infallible government that is constantly at war with the reality of life.
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If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil.
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The white male is the Jew of liberal fascism.
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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.
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The decision [to create a theme park called EuroWorld] was made by the EU countries in response to their collective realization that no one in Europe has had an innovative idea in well over a century.
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I like vengeance as much as the next guy, if the next guy likes vengeance a whole lot.
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Pragmatism is the disguise progressive and other ideologues do when they want to demonize competing ideologies.
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Simply because the nanny-state wants to hug you doesn't mean it's not tyrannical if you don't want to be hugged.
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Dissent is morally neutral. You can correctly call yourself a dissident because you like to kick puppies, but at the end of the day, you're just a jerk who likes to kick puppies.
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