“I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.” — William F. Buckley Copy Share Image
“There will be no legacy for Mr. Bush. I don't believe his successor would re-enunciate the words he used in his second inaugural address… — William F. Buckley Copy Share Image
“To fail to experience gratitude when walking through the corridors of the Metropolitan Museum, when listening to the music of Bach or Beethoven, when exercising our freedom to speak, or ... to give, or withhold, our assent, is to fail to recognize how much we have received from the great wellsprings of human talent and concern that gave us Shakespeare,… — William F. Buckley Copy Share
“Our political economy and our high-energy industry run on large, general principles, on ideas — not by day-to-day guess work, expedients and improvisations. Ideas… — William F. Buckley Copy Share Image
“I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory… — William F. Buckley Copy Share Image
“I believe that the duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world. I further believe that the struggle between individualism… — William F. Buckley Copy Share Image
