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In 1955, Kirk helped William F. Buckley to found ''National Review.''  If ''The Conservative Mind'' gave American conservatism form and direction, ''National Review'' gave it voice, quickly becoming a central vehicle for articulating and promoting conservative philosophy.  Nor was Buckley content to indulge in the passive political navel-gazing so favored by the intelligentsia of the 1950's; ''National Review'' sought to galvanize conservatives, to awaken them to the reality that they were living in "a Liberal world" <ref>http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/HL811.cfm</ref>--a world which, Buckley argued passionately and eloquently, must be reclaimed by conservatives for the good of America and civilization as a whole.

In 1955, Kirk helped William F. Buckley to found ''National Review.''  If ''The Conservative Mind'' gave American conservatism form and direction, ''National Review'' gave it voice, quickly becoming a central vehicle for articulating and promoting conservative philosophy.  Nor was Buckley content to indulge in the passive political navel-gazing so favored by the intelligentsia of the 1950's; ''National Review'' sought to galvanize conservatives, to awaken them to the reality that they were living in "a Liberal world" <ref>http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/HL811.cfm</ref>--a world which, Buckley argued passionately and eloquently, must be reclaimed by conservatives for the good of America and civilization as a whole.

==Genesis of a Movement: the Goldwater Years==

==Genesis of a Movement==

Barry Goldwater is generally regarded as the father of the modern conservative movement.  A United States Senator from Arizona, Goldwater's insistence upon conservative principles helped redefine the Republican Party, transforming it into the party of conservatism and conservatives over the course of the 1950's and 1960's.  Goldwater received the Republican presidential nomination in 1964; in his acceptance speech, he gave voice to a sentiment which has resonated with conservatives ever since.  "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” <ref>http://usconservatives.about.com/od/thinkersanddoers/a/Goldwater.htm</ref>

 

Nearly two decades later, [[Barry Goldwater]] built on free enterprise to obtain an unlikely nomination as the the [[Republican]] candidate for president in 1964.  A United States Senator from Arizona, Goldwater's insistence upon conservative principles helped redefine the Republican Party, transforming it into the party of conservatism and conservatives in the early 1960s.  In Goldwater's acceptance speech at the [[Republican National Convention]] in 1964, he famously declared, "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”<ref>http://usconservatives.about.com/od/thinkersanddoers/a/Goldwater.htm</ref>

==21st Century Movement==

==21st Century Movement==