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Ideologies / Conservative Libertarian / William F. Buckley Jr.
William F. Buckley Jr. — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1925–2008 · United States · Editor & writer

William F. Buckley Jr.

Standing athwart history

The conservative who made fusionism respectable.

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Governance−22
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The founder of 'National Review' who fused free-market economics, anti-communism and traditional conservatism into a respectable movement — and policed its boundaries for a generation.

social

Catholic traditionalist and cultural conservative.

economic

Free-market individualist against the managerial state.

governance

Limited government and ordered liberty.

Notable for
  • Founded 'National Review'
  • Hosted 'Firing Line'
  • 'God and Man at Yale'
fusionismordered-libertyanti-communism
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