--- title: "1 Karl Marx Quotes By William F. Buckley, Jr" description: "1 Karl Marx quotes by William F. Buckley, Jr. Plus more from William F. Buckley, Jr and more Karl Marx sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/william-f-buckley-jr-3870_industrial-revolutio_the-obvious-differences-apart-karl-marx_2537996.png" --- > [“The obvious differences apart, Karl Marx was no more a reliable prophet than was the Reverend Jim Jones. Karl Marx was a genius, an uncannily resourceful manipulator of world history who shoved everything he knew, thought, and devised into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/the-obvious-differences-apart-karl-marx-was-no-more-a-reliable/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/william-f-buckley-jr-3870_industrial-revolutio_the-obvious-differences-apart-karl-marx_2537996.png) ## Other authors on Karl Marx ## More by William F. Buckley, Jr > [Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer-economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/louis-kelso-of-san-francisco-a-lawyer-economist-has-for-years-felt/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [As a businessman, Frank Lorenzo gives capitalism a bad name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/as-a-businessman-frank-lorenzo-gives-capitalism-a-bad-name/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [The Beatles are not merely awful. I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are godawful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/the-beatles-are-not-merely-awful-i-would-consider-it-sacrilegious-to/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/what-yells-out-at-the-us-public-is-the-incandescent-hypocrisy-of-so/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [Those who suffer from the abuse of drugs have themselves to blame for it. This does not mean that society is absolved from active…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/those-who-suffer-from-the-abuse-of-drugs-have-themselves-to-blame-for/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [Industry is the enemy of melancholy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/industry-is-the-enemy-of-melancholy/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/the-best-defense-against-usurpatory-government-is-an-assertive/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/knee-jerk-liberals-and-all-the-certified-saints-of-sanctified/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [We love your adherence to democratic principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/we-love-your-adherence-to-democratic-principles/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/only-government-can-cause-inflation-preserve-monopoly-and-punish/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/the-principal-sponsors-of-the-terrorists-are-not-religious-fanatics/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [Marijuana is not much more difficult to obtain than beer. The reason for this is that a liquor store selling beer to a minor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/marijuana-is-not-much-more-difficult-to-obtain-than-beer-the-reason/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [Not everything that is legal is reputable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/not-everything-that-is-legal-is-reputable/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/one-can-t-doubt-that-the-american-objective-in-iraq-has-failed/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) > [If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/if-you-had-a-european-prime-minister-who-experienced-what-we-ve/) [William F. 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