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.

~ William F. Buckley Jr.

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

~ William F. Buckley Jr.

Human progress is achieved by taking exact measurements.

~ William F. Buckley Jr.

For people who like that sort of thing, that's the sort of thing they like.

~ William F. Buckley Jr.

I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.

~ William F. Buckley Jr.

The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a few ounces of marijuana in their jeans simply makes no sense - the kindest way to put it. A sterner way to put it is that it is an outrage, an imposition on basic civil liberties and on the reasonable expenditure of social energy.

~ William F. Buckley Jr.

She [Ayn Rand] had to declare that....altruism was despicable, that only self-interest is good and noble. (About Ayn Rand)

~ William F. Buckley Jr.

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

~ William F. Buckley Jr.