Let Us Talk of Many Things: The Collected SpeechesLet Us Talk of Many Things, first published in 2000, brings together Buckley's finest speeches from throughout his career. Always deliciously provocative, they cover a vast range of topics: the end of the Cold War, manners in politics, the failure of the War on Drugs, the importance of winning the America's Cup, and much else. Reissued with additional speeches, Let Us Talk of Many Things is the ideal gift for any serious conservative. |
Contents
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What Could We Learn from a Communist? | 58 |
The Impending Defeat of Barry Goldwater | 74 |
Buckley versus Buckley | 88 |
You Have Seen Too Much in China | 108 |
His Rhythms Were Not of This World | 261 |
Earl Warren and the Meaning of the Constitution | 275 |
The Girls Club of Britain | 290 |
The Genesis of Blackford Oakes | 308 |
The Distinguished Mr Buckley | 322 |
A Hero of the Reagan Revolution | 337 |
On the end of the Soviet Union | 351 |
A valedictory | 364 |
The Duty of the Educated Catholic II 2 | 112 |
On the Perspective of the EighteenYearOld I 28 | 128 |
On the WellTempered Spirit | 145 |
To a conference of judges | 163 |
On visiting Brezhnevs Soviet Union | 179 |
On Preserving the Tokens of Hope and Truth I9 I | 191 |
The Terrible Sadness of Spiro Agnew | 208 |
The Courage of Friedrich Hayek | 223 |
To the American Cancer Society | 238 |
A Party for Henry Kissinger | 252 |
Singularly Humane | 375 |
The Architectural Splendor of Barry Goldwater | 389 |
The Drug War Is Not Working | 404 |
The Mother Hen of Modern Conservatism | 426 |
A Serene Gravity | 435 |
A special toast | 441 |
On President Clintons problem | 457 |
Index | 479 |
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