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> [Who knew, in 2000, that compassionate conservatism meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism in disaster relief? Who knew, in 2000, that the only bill the president would veto, six years later,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/who-knew-in-2000-that-compassionate-conservatism-meant-bigger/)

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## More by Christopher Buckley

> [Oil they would buy from anyone. From Satan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/oil-they-would-buy-from-anyone-from-satan/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [Who knew, in 2000, that compassionate conservatism meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism in disaster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/who-knew-in-2000-that-compassionate-conservatism-meant-bigger/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/i-looked-at-mum-and-realized-twang-that-she-was-telling-an-untruth-a/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [I'm a Republican, but I find Nancy Pelosi very attractive. She hasn't done a single thing as congressman or Speaker of the House that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/i-m-a-republican-but-i-find-nancy-pelosi-very-attractive-she-hasn-t/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [Reading any collection of a man's quotations is like eating the ingredients that go into a stew instead of cooking them together in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/reading-any-collection-of-a-man-s-quotations-is-like-eating-the/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [“Women might just have something to contribute to civilization other than their vaginas".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/women-might-just-have-something-to-contribute-to-civilization-other/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/that-s-the-beauty-of-argument-if-you-argue-correctly-you-re-never/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/nothing-raises-the-national-temperature-more-than-a-vacancy-sign/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [E-mails are the new herpes: You never get rid of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/e-mails-are-the-new-herpes-you-never-get-rid-of-them/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [I think that every man is afraid of his wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/i-think-that-every-man-is-afraid-of-his-wife/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [And each year now we know more, but we know no better — what we see in the sky is simply the softened gloss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/and-each-year-now-we-know-more-but-we-know-no-better-what-we-see-in/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/how-many-times-had-those-awful-words-i-know-what-i-m-doing-been/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [The vice-president's tongue is several time zones ahead of his brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/the-vice-president-s-tongue-is-several-time-zones-ahead-of-his-brain/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/one-realization-does-dawn-upon-the-death-of-the-second-parent-namely/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

> [“Block of Death. Just inside the door on the left is the room where they held the proceedings. Jarek remarks that the SS officer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/block-of-death-just-inside-the-door-on-the-left-is-the-room-where/)

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