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Old 02-22-2007, 11:19 AM
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What guarantee do we have that these other people really know what conservatism is? Do any of my beliefs/goals conflict with Burke?
The only Burke I remember well enough to use as a guide is Reflections on the Revolution in France, and I can't say you conflict with anything I remember of that.

But in the modern conservative context, Goldwater and Reagan are more relevant. As are, on the intellectual side, William F. Buckley, Jr., Russell Kirk, Frank S. Meyer, James Burnham, Thomas Sowell, Richard M. Weaver, Wilmoore Kendall and Eric Voegelin.

I highly recommend this book: Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?, an anthology of the best conservative thought, edited by William F. Buckley, Jr. It's out of print, but Amazon has plenty of used copies and your local public library may have it.
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