Quotes by William F. Buckley

I would rather be governed by the first three hundred names in the Boston telephone book than by the Faculty of Harvard University.

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling Stop!

I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I havent just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

All adventure is now reactionary.

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.

Id rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other peoples freedom and security.