Quotes by Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

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Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
A candidate with no experience they would package as a citizen politician, a lifetime hack as an elder statesman. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Violent crimes had increased from 120 per 100,000 in 1962 180 per 100,000 by 1964. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
For the first time on Planet Earth (in 1964 America), a nation was made up of more college students than farmers. An unh — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Teddy White lamented that TV might spell the death of serious politics: to give a thoughtful response to serious questio — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
(President) Lyndon Johnson still snapped between exultation and insecurity. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Goldwater had never even considered a non-Arizonan. Like a man on his deathbed, he wanted to be surrounded only by frien — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Richard Nixon's conversation was "loaded with so many stories of all the foreign dignitaries he'd called upon in his car — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
One of the ladies asked about that awful Bobby Kennedy, and Goldwater responded by speaking about the attorney general w — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Goldwater hardly ever mentioned a statistic. He hardly ever used it EXAMPLE. He presumed you already knew what he meant. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Goldwater's approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Ronald Reagan was just as angry. But he made you want to stand right alongside him and shake your fist at the same thing — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Chits knew no ideology. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Fifties advertising was a dogmatic art, to the point of pretending to be a science. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
The task of defending capitalism was still important to leave to the capitalists. — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
The head of Goldwater's California operation "what was so uncomfortable around people that he worked up a routine to dea — Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus