"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Saturday, June 19, 2010

The Right's Wrong Turn

David Gordon reviews a new biography of William F. Buckley Jr.

1 comment:

Jimmy Espy said...

An interesting piece but to discuss Buckley's anti-libertarianism without weighing the impact of his Catholicism is missing a big part of the puzzle. Buckley's anti-government (Nockian?) occasionally bubbled up, as in his support for pot legalization. I would like to read the book.