Robert L. Bartley- He left the world better and freer than he found it

Opinion Journal ^ | 12/11/03 | editorial board

[Pokey78]

Wall Street Journal readers and writers lost a friend, a mentor and an inspiration yesterday with the death at age 66 of our columnist and Editor Emeritus Robert L. Bartley. We take it as more than a little consolation that he was the most consequential editor of his era and left the world both better and freer than he found it.

[AZLiberty]

Robert Bartley (and his predecessor Vermont Royster) were making the world safe for conservatives before Rush Limbaugh was around. The editorial page is, to the Wall Street Journal, what the centerfold is to Playboy.

[Kay Soze]

He had the COURAGE to be a conservative.

Courage sadly lacking in todays politics.

[jagrmeister]

I'm glad President Bush honored him just before this.

[nutmeg]

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[BlackElk]

Bartley editorially supported Operation Rescue by opposing the use of RICO against OR and by opposing the FACE Act (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) which limited free speech rights of pro-lifers only. He will be missed.