An Unforgettable Moment: What It Means To Be Taught Political Thought by Ronald Reagan and Bill Buckley

In every generation, freedom needs to be won again — and never more than now.

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William F. Buckley, Jr., on February 24, 1981. AP/Nancy Kaye

So, I’m back from California and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. It was a great treat for me, because he was my boss over 40 years ago. I was deeply honored and humbled at the National Review gala dinner, where I received the William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Leadership in Political Thought. I want to thank everybody involved in putting that fabulous dinner together. 

Bill Buckley was a dear friend, starting when I was on the National Review staff and continuing many years later. He and Pat looked after me during some of the most difficult moments in my life. Bill liked me — a lot. But he loved my saintly wife Judy.  

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