"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
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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.
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