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Buckley wrote over 50 books about history, politics and sailing, and a series of spy novels (which featured the fictitious Yale graduate Blackford Oakes) that were consistent best sellers.
Buckley wrote over 50 books about history, politics and sailing, and a series of spy novels (which featured the fictitious Yale graduate Blackford Oakes) that were consistent best sellers.
{{quotebox|Buckley, doing it his way, became one of the most influential writers and journalists of the past century – in the august company of [[Walter Lippmann]], [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] and [[George Orwell]]. The latter two came to symbolize what was at stake in the spiritual and moral struggle against the [[totalitarian]] mentality. But Buckley spearheaded the counterrevolution in the West that emboldened Reagan, Thatcher and [[John Paul II]] to confront and defeat the [[Soviet Empire]]. <ref>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/03/05/introduction-to-crossing-swords/</ref>}}
{{quotebox|Buckley, doing it his way, became one of the most influential writers and journalists of the past century – in the august company of [[Walter Lippmann]], [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] and [[George Orwell]]. The latter two came to symbolize what was at stake in the spiritual and moral struggle against the [[totalitarian]] mentality. But Buckley spearheaded the counterrevolution in the West that emboldened [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]], [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] and [[John Paul II]] to confront and defeat the [[Soviet Empire]]. <ref>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/03/05/introduction-to-crossing-swords/</ref>}}
Buckley liked to go yachting, twice crossing the Atlantic himself, and playing the harpsichord. He married Patricia Alden Austin Taylor in 1950.
Buckley liked to go yachting, twice crossing the Atlantic himself, and playing the harpsichord. He married Patricia Alden Austin Taylor in 1950.
Buckley died of a heart attack in 2008.
Buckley died of a [[heart attack]] in 2008.
== Also See ==
== See Also ==
* [[Conservative links]]
* [[Conservative links]]
* [[Young Americans for Freedom]]
* [[Young Americans for Freedom]]
* [[Libertarian|Libertarian values]] and [[Conservative values]] are the original American [[Patriot]] values
* [[Small town values]] of [[middle class]] [[Real America]]
* [[Family values]]: [[Family]]-[[Marriage]], [[Homeschooling]] teaching [[Virtue]] and Self-reliance
* [[Duty]]
===Contrast With===
* [[Liberal values]] and [[Liberalism]]: [[Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism]]
* [[Public school values]] [[entitlement mentality]] [[Indoctrination]] of the [[Teacup Generation]] by [[Public schools in the United States]] and [[Common Core]]
* [[Teachers' unions]]: [[National Education Association]] and [[American Federation of Teachers]]
* [[Hollywood values]]: [[List of celebrities against Second Amendment]] - always [[Liberal]] [[Elitist]]s
* [[San Francisco values]] and the [[Politically correct]]: [[Diane Feinstein]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], [[Barbara Boxer]], [[Leland Yee]]
* [[Fashion industry values]]
* [[Professor values]]
* [[Obamunism]]: [[Obamanomics]] [[Economic planning]] of the [[Obama administration fiscal policy]], [[Obama administration monetary policy]], [[Obamacare]], [[Federal funding]] via [[Crony capitalism]] ([[Obama donor list]], [[Bailout]], [[Obama administration corporate bailouts]], [[Obamageddon]]), [[Deficit spending]] and the [[National debt]]
* [[John Maynard Keynes]] [[liberal]] [[Keynesian economics]] and [[Fabian Socialism|Fabian Socialist]] influence on [[Barack Obama]]
* [[Big Government]]-[[Welfare State]]-[[Nanny State]]-[[Police state|Police State]]: [[Globalist]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[Communist]]
==External Links==
* http://www.nationalreview.com
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/ National Review Online]
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/ National Review Online]
*[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23507 William F. Buckley Jr. on Conservatism: An Interview] Bill Steigerwald, [[Human Events]], 11/19/2007
*[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23507 William F. Buckley Jr. on Conservatism: An Interview] Bill Steigerwald, [[Human Events]], 11/19/2007
*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87235288 Father of Conservative Movement Dies]
*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87235288 Father of Conservative Movement Dies]
*[http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/12/william-f-buckley-jr-conservative-icon Biography] by Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
*[http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/12/william-f-buckley-jr-conservative-icon Biography] by Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
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[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]
[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]
[[Category:Anti-Communism]]
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