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William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views."

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.




William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich."

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.




William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative."

What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security."

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said."

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.




William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love."

The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them."

When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "The duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world, and the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level."

The duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world, and the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out."

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters."

You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters.




William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive."

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "If only the left hated crime as much as they hated hate."

If only the left hated crime as much as they hated hate.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "All that is good is not embodied in the law; and all that is evil is not proscribed by the law. A well-disciplined society needs few laws; but it needs strong mores."

All that is good is not embodied in the law; and all that is evil is not proscribed by the law. A well-disciplined society needs few laws; but it needs strong mores.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance."

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies."

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years."

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them"

Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position."

I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise."

Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians."

One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what happened."

They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what happened.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth."

I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "France believes in armed intervention by America only when the intervention is in France to rescue France from occupation by other powers."

France believes in armed intervention by America only when the intervention is in France to rescue France from occupation by other powers.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square."

Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Conservatism is the politics of reality"

Conservatism is the politics of reality



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target!"

It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target!



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "We are, always, reminded of the old saw: What would happen if the Soviet Union took over the Sahara Desert? Answer: Nothing for 50 years. After that there would be a shortage of sand."

We are, always, reminded of the old saw: What would happen if the Soviet Union took over the Sahara Desert? Answer: Nothing for 50 years. After that there would be a shortage of sand.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "What was wrong with communism wasn't aberrant leadership, it was communism."

What was wrong with communism wasn't aberrant leadership, it was communism.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "A society is not 'free' merely because the freedoms the people are doing away with are those they voted at the last election to do without."

A society is not 'free' merely because the freedoms the people are doing away with are those they voted at the last election to do without.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Not everything that is legal is reputable."

Not everything that is legal is reputable.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "People are beginning to wish that the voters had been given breathometer tests when they voted in the present government."

People are beginning to wish that the voters had been given breathometer tests when they voted in the present government.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University."

I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Socialize the individual's surplus and you socialize his spirit and creativeness."

Socialize the individual's surplus and you socialize his spirit and creativeness.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry, there was National Review , and before there was National Review there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind."

Before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry, there was National Review , and before there was National Review there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house."

The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "You know, I’ve spent my entire life time separating the Right from the kooks."

You know, I’ve spent my entire life time separating the Right from the kooks.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art, that they qualify as crowned heads of anti-music."

The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art, that they qualify as crowned heads of anti-music.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "The superstition that the hounds of truth will rout the vermin of error seems, like a fragment of Victorian lace, quaint, but too brittle to be lifted out of the showcase."

The superstition that the hounds of truth will rout the vermin of error seems, like a fragment of Victorian lace, quaint, but too brittle to be lifted out of the showcase.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "History is but the polemics of the victor."

History is but the polemics of the victor.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Nobody who's ever been to Gulag is a pacifist."

Nobody who's ever been to Gulag is a pacifist.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat."

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Enthusiasm for conservation can be fashioned into a nasty weapon for those who dislike business on general principles."

Enthusiasm for conservation can be fashioned into a nasty weapon for those who dislike business on general principles.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it."

Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Why should any country continue, forever, to be "great"?"

Why should any country continue, forever, to be "great"?



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Christianity finds all its doctrines stated in the Bible, and Christianity denies no part, nor attempts to add anything to the Word of God."

Christianity finds all its doctrines stated in the Bible, and Christianity denies no part, nor attempts to add anything to the Word of God.



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Industry is the enemy of melancholy"

Industry is the enemy of melancholy



William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes: "Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you."

Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.