Mr. Buckley down to discuss a collection of his from the book, happy days are here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993, footnotes. On the cover of your new book, it says the sections of the libertarian journalists. To call yourself a libertarian. Often on. As of course you know, the movement was encouraged by National Review. In the late 50s and the idea was to put a dot to the libertarians and the conservatives too much they had in common. And how effective it would be between them. And known that i am a libertarian. In the term, and most of whatever ideas and or intended to those or diminish the human liberty. Host remembering say you saying, made when you ran for the bear new york. They just seem people throw the garbage out the window. If the people would pick it up and deal with it rather than government deal with things. William no. Your memory is in which he was defending, lettering of the streets. On the grounds that is a form of something against the city.
Hate. [laughter] it is a little daunting. Trace the arc. Im going to do a historian thing and think generally. I guess i would say if yo they e looking at american politics from the beginning, we could even go past the civil war, we are talking about paradoxes and conflict and improv. The periods but i tend to focus on more at that part, its the improvisational nature of that fascinates me more than anything else. Its because the nation was founded in the world of monarc monarchy. What that means wasnt so clear at the moment. There is a lot of improv in those early decades about what the nation is, how it functions, the tone of the f government, hp a nationon is going to stand out among the nations of the world. What does it mean to be in a world of monarchies and was the nation going to get any degree of respect and equally and if not more significant as far as the inside of the nation is concerned, what kind of nation is tha it going to be and that s true on every level you could s a
Could you please be seated . Welcome to the Civic Affairs speaker series. I am president of the Womens National Republican Club. Our organization was founded by the separatists in 1921 to teach women the value of the ballot. Our founders built the townhouse in 1934. Today, the Womens National Republican Club continues its goal of furthering political education and promoting good governance. The chair of the series will introduce the renowned author this evening. [applause] good evening ladies and gentlemen. I am the chair in the speakers committee. Tonight i have the great had tht privilege and honor to present to you the speaker, with mr. William f. Buckley, junior the renowned social and political commentator, journalist and author of 37 books which range from the adventure to commentary and awardwinning fiction. Mr. Buckley needs no introduction. Everyone in the room is familiar with this achiever. We have read his syndicated articles such as the column on the right, the National Re
Good evening. Welcome to our Civic Affairs Speaker Series. I am my love, president of the Womens National Republican Club our organization was founded in 1921. Teaching women in the value the ballot. Our founders in 1934. Today, the Womens National Republican Club continues its goal of furthering political education and promoting good government. Chairman of our Speaker Series will introduce our renowned authors this evening. [applause] good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am chairing this speaker committee. Tonight i have the great privilege and honor to present to you our speaker mr. William buckley junior. Journalist and author of 37 books which range from assailing adventures to political commentary at awardwinning fiction. Mr. Buckley needs no introduction. Everyone in this room is familiar with this mega achiever. We have all read his article such as his column on the right, founded and until recently edited and, of course, watched him on the long running firing line on saturday
Bookstore in washington, d. C. In 2019. Hello, everyone. Im a member of the event staff and i would like to welcome you all on this cold evening to politics and prose. Just a few quick notes before we get started, cspan is here with us tonight and we are also filming for our own Youtube Channel so if you could take a moment to silence your cell phone please take a moment along the same lines when we get to the q a portion of the event, we have a microphone up over here we want to make sure we keep the dialogue running. Books are available at the register. Also fun and an interesting books that make great gifts to you might want to pick up a couple of those as well which is of course why we are here the secret plot to kill George Washington. Writing history with the same command that made him one of the finest thriller writers he tells the story of the plot to assassinate George Washington. Looking back, he shows the iconic view was brought with uncertainty. It was anything but a sure.