"Ideology is inevitable; we all have an ideology, whether we are aware of it or not. First of all, ideology is about values, and we can't decide how we wish to solve policy issues without having a firm grasph on the values we are seeking to advance. Second, the world is too complex for us to make informed judgments about all of the issues that confront us. We need a philosophy to serve as a north star. One way I've been enriched by reading the great works of conservatism is that I've come better to appreciate how central ideology is to thiking about matters of governance and public policy."
Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
-by Carl T. Bogus
Conservative Books
The Unmaking of a Mayor by William F. Buckley
The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley
Witness by Whittaker Chambers
The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk
The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
Freedom and Capitalism by Milton Friedman
Memoirs of a Superfluous Man by Albert Jay Nock
Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered by Russell Kirk
Liberal Books
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
The Other America by Michael Harrington
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader
The Vital Center by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith
