The Conscience of a Conservative 1319384 220701996 2008-06-21T04:05:05Z SkierRMH 2618808 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 183569894 by [[Special:Contributions/ImageRemovalBot|ImageRemovalBot]] ([[User talk:ImageRemovalBot|talk]]) {{Infobox Book | name = The Conscience of a Conservative | author = [[Barry Goldwater]] | image = [[Image:Conscsihrfegbv.jpg|thumb]] | subject = [[Politics]] | publisher = Victor Publishing | pub_date = 1960 | media_type = Print | pages = 123 | isbn = | oclc = 1002492 }} '''''The Conscience of a Conservative''''' ([[library of congress|Library of Congress Catalogue Card]] #60-12269) is a book published under the name of [[Arizona]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] and [[1964]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Barry Goldwater]] in [[1960]]. The book was ghostwritten for Senator Goldwater by [[L. Brent Bozell Jr.]] The 1960 [[MacFadden]] edition is 127 pages in length and was published in the [[United States]]. The book covers such topics as education, [[labor unions]] and policies, [[civil rights]], [[agricultural policy]] and [[farm subsidies]], [[social welfare]] programs, and [[income tax]]ation. The book is considered to be a significant statement of politically and economically [[American conservatism|American conservative]] ideas which were to gain influence during the following decades. The book continues to inspire contemporary political commentary. [[John Dean]]'s 2006 book [[Conservatives without Conscience]], for example, draws both its title and some of its principles from Goldwater's book. Senator [[Zell Miller]]'s 2003 critique of the Democratic Party, [[A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat]] also draws the inspiration for its title from Goldwater's work. In 2002, Senator [[Paul Wellstone]] entitled his own book ''[[The Conscience of a Liberal]]'', saying in the introduction that he wanted his work to stand as a counterpoint to Goldwater's. ==References== [http://www.heritage.org/Research/features/PresidentsEssay/PresEssay2004.pdf Essay on the book] - [[The Heritage Foundation]] essay {{Refimprove|date=December 2006}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Conscience of a Conservative, The}} [[Category:1960 books]] [[Category:Political books]] {{US-poli-stub}} {{poli-book-stub}}