They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Stick me in a confessional and ask the question: Sir, if you had the authority, would you forbid smoking in America? You'd… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign, — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
We are, always, reminded of the old saw: What would happen if the Soviet Union took over the Sahara Desert? Answer: Nothing… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Old ladies photographed by CBS who announced that they would die of malnutrition if Reagan's bill were passed could probably have saved… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
It was rumored, in 1946, that the hangman in Nuremberg adjusted the nooses of some of the condemned to magnify the pain… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer-economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
As a businessman, Frank Lorenzo gives capitalism a bad name. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
The Beatles are not merely awful. I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are godawful. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Those who suffer from the abuse of drugs have themselves to blame for it. This does not mean that society is absolved from active… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
The principal sponsors of the terrorists are not religious fanatics. "Palestine's Yasser Arafat, Iraq's Saddam Hussein, and Syria's Assad family have made themselves the… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Marijuana is not much more difficult to obtain than beer. The reason for this is that a liquor store selling beer to a minor… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
