The Conscience of a Conservative
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The Conscience of a Conservative is a 1960 political book that helped define modern American conservatism and popularized Barry Goldwater’s limited-government, anti-communist philosophy.
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| The Conscience of a Conservative canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Conscience of a Conservative Context triple: [Barry Goldwater, notableWork, The Conscience of a Conservative]
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A.
The Conservative Mind
The Conservative Mind is a seminal 1953 book by Russell Kirk that traces the intellectual history and core principles of Anglo-American conservatism.
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B.
Conservatives Without Conscience
Conservatives Without Conscience is a political book by former Nixon White House counsel John Dean that critiques the modern conservative movement’s ethical and authoritarian tendencies.
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C.
Reflections of a Radical Moderate
Reflections of a Radical Moderate is a political memoir and collection of essays by former U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson, exploring his centrist philosophy, public service, and the ethical challenges of government.
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D.
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
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E.
Up from Liberalism
Up from Liberalism is a 1959 political book by William F. Buckley Jr. that critiques mid-20th-century American liberalism and helped define the emerging modern conservative movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Conscience of a Conservative Target entity description: The Conscience of a Conservative is a 1960 political book that helped define modern American conservatism and popularized Barry Goldwater’s limited-government, anti-communist philosophy.
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A.
The Conservative Mind
The Conservative Mind is a seminal 1953 book by Russell Kirk that traces the intellectual history and core principles of Anglo-American conservatism.
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B.
Conservatives Without Conscience
Conservatives Without Conscience is a political book by former Nixon White House counsel John Dean that critiques the modern conservative movement’s ethical and authoritarian tendencies.
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C.
Reflections of a Radical Moderate
Reflections of a Radical Moderate is a political memoir and collection of essays by former U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson, exploring his centrist philosophy, public service, and the ethical challenges of government.
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D.
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
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E.
Up from Liberalism
Up from Liberalism is a 1959 political book by William F. Buckley Jr. that critiques mid-20th-century American liberalism and helped define the emerging modern conservative movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political book ⓘ |
| advocatesPolicy |
free-market economics
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opposition to New Deal-style federal programs ⓘ reduction of federal government power ⓘ strict constructionism ⓘ strong anti-communist foreign policy ⓘ |
| author | Barry Goldwater ⓘ |
| chapterCount | 10 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre | conservatism ⓘ |
| ghostwriter | L. Brent Bozell Jr. ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
2007 50th-anniversary edition
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2010 reissue ⓘ |
| ideology |
classical liberalism
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economic conservatism ⓘ social conservatism ⓘ |
| influenced |
United States presidential election, 1964
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surface form:
1964 Barry Goldwater presidential campaign
New Right ⓘ
surface form:
American New Right
Goldwater movement ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ modern American conservatism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American conservatism
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anti-communism ⓘ constitutionalism ⓘ individual liberty ⓘ limited government ⓘ states' rights ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping define modern American conservatism
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popularizing Barry Goldwater’s political philosophy ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
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"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size." ⓘ |
| pageCount | 123 ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | right-wing ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Publishing Company ⓘ |
| setInContextOf | Cold War ⓘ |
| subtitle | A New Look at the Republican Party ⓘ |
| topic |
civil rights
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communism ⓘ education policy ⓘ federal spending ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ labor unions ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
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