Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2015.

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Jaffa, who taught political philosophy at Claremont McKenna College for 25 years, cemented his reputation as an intellectual force with his 1959 book “Crisis of the House Divided,” a seminal interpretation of the Lincoln-Douglas debates that illuminated the classical roots of Lincoln’s political principles.

During a brief involvement with electoral politics Jaffa also crafted one of the most memorable campaign lines in modern history: 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater’s declaration that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” and “moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

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