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'''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' (November 24, 1925 - February 27, 2008) was a prominent [[conservative]] author and commentator, and the founder of the [[National Review]]. He was also host of [[Firing Line]], a talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television.  He was admired on both sides of the political spectrum for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit.   

'''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' (November 24, 1925 - February 27, 2008) was a prominent [[conservative]] author and commentator, and the founder of the [[National Review]]. He was also host of [[Firing Line]], a talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television.  He was admired on both sides of the political spectrum for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit.   

He was educated in an [[English]] preparatory school as a teenager.

He was educated in an [[English]] preparatory school as a teenager. As young man, he wrote an influential book about his college experiences entitled, "God and Man at Yale."  He also studied Spanish in [[Mexico City]].

As young man, he wrote an influential book about his college experiences entitled, "God and Man at Yale."   

 

 

{{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 [[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|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. <ref>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/03/05/introduction-to-crossing-swords/</ref>}}

{{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. <ref>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/03/05/introduction-to-crossing-swords/</ref>}}

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