trace the history of conservatism to its founding; as a means of setting the record right. Wilson insists that this is the work that must be done. He goes so far as to say, “Before American conservatism achieves a full understanding of what it is and whence it comes, it must achieve its own painstaking, comprehensive, and subtle reevaluation of the political movements of our history” (Wilson). Therefore, Wilson traces the current political climate back to Thomas Jefferson, which both Republicans and…
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