William F. Buckley Jr.
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William Frank Buckley Jr. was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator.
Buckley in an undated handout photograph
Buckley (right) and L. Brent Bozell Jr. promote their book McCarthy and His Enemies, 1954.
Buckley in 1985
Buckley with President Ronald Reagan at Reagan's birthday celebration, 1986
Conservatism in the United States
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Conservatism in the United States is based on a belief in limited government, individualism, traditionalism, republicanism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to U.S. states. It is one of two major political ideologies of the United States. Conservative and Christian media organizations and American conservative figures are influential, and American conservatism is a large and mainstream ideology in the Republican Party and nation. As of 2021, 36 percent of Americans consider themselves conservative, according to polling by Gallup, Inc.
William F. Buckley Jr., an author who founded National Review magazine in 1955
President Ronald Reagan holding a "Stop Communism in Central America" t-shirt on the South Lawn of the White House in March 1986
An American Legion postcard urging parents to teach religion to their children as a civic duty, c. 1930s
Russell Kirk, conservative theorist and author of The Conservative Mind, published in 1953