“The 12 Principles of Conservatism”

“The 12 Principles of Conservatism”

 

Not far from Sharon, Connecticut
Near Sharon, Connecticut
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The so-called “Sharon Statement,” drafted by M. Stanton Evans (who died on 3 March, at the age of eighty), was adopted at the meeting that founded Young Americans for Freedom in 1960.  The meeting took place at the Sharon, Connecticut, estate of the late William F. Buckley Jr.  Hence the name.  Apart from the reference to Communism, it remains quite as relevant today as it was more than half a century ago (if not more so):

 

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