3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. 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.
3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.
3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. 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.
3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. 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.
3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling ‘Stop!’
3 December 2020 William F. Buckley, Jr. I won’t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
