Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures. — William F. Buckley, Jr Discipline Copy Share Image
People are beginning to wish that the voters had been given breathometer tests when they voted in the present government. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Socialize the individual's surplus and you socialize his spirit and creativeness. — William F. Buckley, Jr Creativeness Copy Share Image
Friendship is strengthened by...that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
“How can one deduce the cause of "Hamlet" or "Saint Matthew's Passion"? What is the cause of inspiration? ” — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
The police can't use clubs or gas or dogs. I suppose they will have to use poison ivy. — William F. Buckley, Jr Clubs Copy Share Image
...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Christianity finds all its doctrines stated in the Bible, and Christianity denies no part, nor attempts to add anything to the Word… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I grew up, as reported, in a large family of Catholics without even a decent ration of tentativeness among the lot of… — William F. Buckley, Jr Catholic Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Mr. Rockefeller is due to entertain munificently at breakfast, and make his pitch. My advice to one invited guest was: Order caviar,… — William F. Buckley, Jr Advice 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
I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a… — William F. Buckley, Jr Boston Copy Share Image
A relatively small and eternally quarrelsome country in Western Europe, fountainhead of rationalist political manias, militarily impotent, historically inglorious during the past… — 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… — William F. Buckley, Jr Abuse 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 Artist Copy Share Image
... to say that the CIA and the KGB engage in similar practices is the equivalent of saying that the man who… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Now it is one thing to say I say it that people shouldn't consume psychoactive drugs. It is entirely something else to… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard. — William F. Buckley, Jr Book 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
Enthusiasm for conservation can be fashioned into a nasty weapon for those who dislike business on general principles. — William F. Buckley, Jr Business Copy Share Image
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance. — William F. Buckley, Jr Identity Copy Share Image
The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love. — William F. Buckley, Jr Freedom Copy Share Image
You know, I’ve spent my entire life time separating the Right from the kooks. — William F. Buckley, Jr Entire life Copy Share Image
Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!' — William F. Buckley, Jr Art history Copy Share Image
To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Kennedy after all has lots of glamour - Gregory Peck with an atom bomb in his holster. — William F. Buckley, Jr Atom bomb Copy Share Image
One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them. — William F. Buckley, Jr Crush Copy Share Image
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies. — William F. Buckley, Jr Fair Copy Share Image
