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The Conscience of a Conservative is a book published under the name of Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
 Senator
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 and 1964 Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater

Barry Morris Goldwater was a five-term United States Senate from Arizona and the History of the United States Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the U.S....
 in 1960. The book reignited the American conservative
American conservatism

Conservatism in the United States is a major United States political ideology. In contemporary American politics, it is often associated with the Republican Party ....
 movement and made Barry Goldwater a political star. The book has influenced countless conservatives in the United States, helping to lay the foundation for the Reagan Revolution in 1980.

The book was ghostwritten
Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other content which are officially credited to another person....
 by L. Brent Bozell Jr.
L. Brent Bozell Jr.

Leo Brent Bozell, Jr. was a U.S. conservative activist and Catholic writer. His father was Leo Bozell the co-founder of Bozell Worldwide. His wife was Patricia Buckley Bozell, sister of William F....
, brother-in-law of William F. Buckley
William F. Buckley

William F. Buckley may refer to:*William Francis Buckley , U.S. Army officer and CIA operative held captive by Hezbollah*William Frank Buckley, Sr....
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The Conscience of a Conservative is a book published under the name of Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
 Senator
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 and 1964 Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater

Barry Morris Goldwater was a five-term United States Senate from Arizona and the History of the United States Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the U.S....
 in 1960. The book reignited the American conservative
American conservatism

Conservatism in the United States is a major United States political ideology. In contemporary American politics, it is often associated with the Republican Party ....
 movement and made Barry Goldwater a political star. The book has influenced countless conservatives in the United States, helping to lay the foundation for the Reagan Revolution in 1980.

The book was ghostwritten
Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other content which are officially credited to another person....
 by L. Brent Bozell Jr.
L. Brent Bozell Jr.

Leo Brent Bozell, Jr. was a U.S. conservative activist and Catholic writer. His father was Leo Bozell the co-founder of Bozell Worldwide. His wife was Patricia Buckley Bozell, sister of William F....
, brother-in-law of William F. Buckley
William F. Buckley

William F. Buckley may refer to:*William Francis Buckley , U.S. Army officer and CIA operative held captive by Hezbollah*William Frank Buckley, Sr....
. Bozell had been Goldwater's speechwriter in the 1950s, and was familiar with many of his ideals. The first edition, 1960, is 123 pages in length and was published in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The book covers such topics as education, labor unions and policies, civil rights
Civil rights

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, agricultural policy
Agricultural policy

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 and farm subsidies, social welfare programs, and income tax
Income tax

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ation. The book is considered to be a significant statement of politically and economically American conservative
American conservatism

Conservatism in the United States is a major United States political ideology. In contemporary American politics, it is often associated with the Republican Party ....
 ideas which were to gain influence during the following decades.

The book continues to inspire contemporary political commentary. John Dean
John Dean

John Wesley Dean III was White House Counsel to United States of America President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. As White House Counsel, he became deeply involved in events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and the subsequent Watergate scandal cover up, even referred to as "master manipulator of the cover up" by the Fed...
's 2006 book Conservatives without Conscience
Conservatives without Conscience

Conservatives Without Conscience is a book written by John Dean, who served as White House Counsel under President of the United States Richard Nixon and then helped to break the Watergate scandal with his testimony before the United States Senate....
, for example, draws both its title and some of its principles from Goldwater's book. Senator Zell Miller
Zell Miller

Zell Bryan Miller is an United States politician from the U.S. state of Georgia . Elected as a Democratic Party , Miller served as Lieutenant Governor from 1975 to 1990, List of Governors of Georgia from 1991 to 1999, and as United States Senate from 2000 to 2005....
'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 2007, Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman

Paul Robin Krugman is an United States economist, columnist, and author. He is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, a centenary professor at the London School of Economics, and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times....
 entitled his own book The Conscience of a Liberal
The Conscience of a Liberal

The Conscience of a Liberal is a book written by Paul Krugman. It was 24th on the New York Times Best Seller list in November 2007.In the book, Paul Krugman studies the past eighty years of American history in the context of economic inequality....
, saying in the introduction that he wanted his work to stand as a counterpoint to Goldwater's.

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  • - The Heritage Foundation essay