Paul Weyrich, the "founding father of the conservative movement," addressed a seminal Religious Right gathering held in Dallas in the fall of 1980:
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Weyrich: How many of our Christians have what I call the googoo syndrome. Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections, quite candidly, goes up as the voting populace goes down.
Jerry Falwell and Ronald Reagan also addressed the gathering. Weyrich cofounded the Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority, Free Congress Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council, and continues to host weekly strategy sessions for right-wing leaders.
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