When you say 'radical right' today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Goldwater warns that attempts to turn the Republican Party into a religious organization would destroy politics.
- In plain terms
- He thinks making a party religious would end meaningful politics.
- What can you take from it?
- Politics requires compromise and cannot become a religious sect.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can religion and politics coexist?
- What defines a political party?
Another view
It underestimates how faith-based movements can coexist with governance.
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