Book Quote by William F. Buckley, Jr

I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

“I would sooner be governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than by the two thousand members of the…

— William F. Buckley Jr

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

“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

If I am not elected, I imagine that I will ask Harvard to let me back.

— Michael Ignatieff

Americans don't realize how difficult it is to create a Harvard.

— Anand Giridharadas

Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we…

— Edwin Boring

I’m not the woman president of Harvard, I’m the president of Harvard.

— Drew Gilpin Faust

Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world.

— Pierre Trudeau

I am enormously pleased to become a part of the Harvard community once again. I look forward to working with the students and faculty…

— Annette Gordon-Reed

Harvard has played an important role in my life. I was a student, Class of 1936, and I've been on the board of overseers.…

— David Rockefeller

Harvard just took that option out of our hands. He is truly on his own now.

— Anonymous