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*5. Moderation and control are crucial to civilization.

*5. Moderation and control are crucial to civilization.

*6. The natural progression of society is one of slow, gradual change, informed by tradition and custom.  Rapid change--particularly rapid change for the sake of change--is dangerous and corrosive to society. <ref>http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/HL811.cfm</ref>

*6. The natural progression of society is one of slow, gradual change, informed by tradition and custom.  Rapid change--particularly rapid change for the sake of change--is dangerous and corrosive to society. <ref name="heritage">http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/HL811.cfm</ref>

These ideas served as a framework, giving form and direction to American conservative philosophy.

These ideas served as a framework, giving form and direction to American conservative philosophy.

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 name="heritage" />--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==

==Genesis of a Movement==