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{{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]]. [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/03/05/introduction-to-crossing-swords/]}}

{{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]]. [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/03/05/introduction-to-crossing-swords/]}}

{{quotebox|Virtually all of the biographic accounts mentioned above credit Buckley for his humor, wit and decency, but even friendly biographers do not give him adequate credit in deconstructing liberalism with such efficiency and effectiveness. In short, it was not a question of style over substance, but rather of substance over counter-substance. Buckley did not elevate conservatism to a major political force simply because he was a charming guy, though that didn’t hurt; but because he laid bare with a penetrating logic the inconsistencies of liberal and leftist thought. [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/03/05/introduction-to-crossing-swords/] }}

{{quotebox|Even friendly biographers do not give him adequate credit in deconstructing liberalism ...  Buckley did not elevate conservatism to a major political force simply because he was a charming guy, though that didn’t hurt; but because he laid bare with a penetrating logic the inconsistencies of liberal and leftist thought. [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/03/05/introduction-to-crossing-swords/] }}

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