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Added reference to his famous quote. Google Books, does this matter?

I have added his New York Times obituary. The article needs to be expanded explaining the significance of his worl. Capitalistroadster 15:02, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What does 'conservative' mean?[edit]

I changed two sentences: 1) the one that said Viereck abandoned the conservative movement because this begs the question that Viereck raised about what 'conservative' meant; he thought Wm F Buckley et al were 'pseudo-conservatives.' 2) the one that said his ideologies were difficult to classify for the same reason: he thought his views were 'conservative' and he raised questions about the meaning of the term.Bondjel 18:23, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it is fair to say Viereck was an early leader in the conservative movement, as he never was part of any movement-- He opposed Buckley, Taft, Chambers, Russell Kirk from the very beginning. I think it would be more accurate to say "Viereck popularized the term 'conservative,' but distanced himself from the nascent movement that took its name" or something like that.

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Descent from Prussian (Hohenzollern) royal family[edit]

Peter Viereck apparently has an illegitimate male-line descent from the Hohenzollern royal family of Prussia, as a great-great-great grandnephew of Kaiser Friedrich the Great. This descent can be traced on the website Genealogics.org. Viereck evidently had two children (a son and a daughter) who are listed in his New York Times obituary. The son is apparently now an Episcopal priest in California. There are also apparently some grandchildren. Windemere2 (talk) 21:20, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]