William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
Buckley, William F., Jr. Up from Liberalism. McDowell, Obolensky, 1959.
While a view that there is no such thing as society might be a little over the top, one type of classic conservative emphasis the individual above all else.
William Frank Buckley Jr. was an American public intellectual and conservative author and commentator. In 1955, Buckley founded National Review, a magazine that stimulated the conservative movement in the late-20th century United States. Buckley hosted 1,429 episodes of the public affairs television show Firing Line (1966–1999), the longest-running public affairs show in American television history with a single host, where he became known for his distinctive Mid-Atlantic idiolect and wide vocabulary.
