William F. Buckley Jr. said this quote

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

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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.