So many of the leading lights of modern conservatism, including Robert Bork, William F. Buckley, Barry Goldwater, Russell Kirk, and Ronald Reagan opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Trying to think of the most high-profile conservative who supported it. /1
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@zachdcarter that Hayek supported it (THE PRICE OF PEACE, p. 462) although he famously denied that he was a "conservative. Not sure whether Jerry Ford or Richard Nixon, who both supported it, would qualify as conservatives either./25 replies 5 retweets 72 likesShow this thread -
Harry Jaffa? /3
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Not necessarily high profile but Willmore Kendall. Jaffa worked for Goldwater in 1964 but I think supported CRA.
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