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—M. Stanton Evans

If modern American conservatism may be said to have a founding father, Professor Russell Kirk would seem to be the obvious candidate for the title. His seminal study, The Conservative Mind, went far to restore the term “conservatism” to academic respectability and to give it currency in popular discussion. A generation later, The Roots of American Order spelled out with graceful erudition the philosophical and historical antecedents, not only of our political system, but of our culture, beliefs, and practices in general.

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—M. Stanton Evans

If modern American conservatism may be said to have a founding father, Professor Russell Kirk would seem to be the obvious candidate for the title. His seminal study, The Conservative Mind, went far to restore the term “conservatism” to academic respectability and to give it currency in popular discussion. A generation later, The Roots of American Order spelled out with graceful erudition the philosophical and historical antecedents, not only of our political system, but of our culture, beliefs, and practices in general.