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William F. Buckley, Jr. Quotes: No one since the Garden of Eden - which the serpent forsook in order to run for higher office - has imputed to politicians great purity of motive.
         

No one since the Garden of Eden - which the serpent forsook in order to run for higher office - has imputed to politicians great purity of motive.


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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.



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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.



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



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



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





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