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All adventure is now reactionary.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
He invented the news magazine. He invested it with an interpretation Tell what happened, tell it well, tell it concisely, but with attention to the belletristic imperative.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word "fair" in connection with income tax policies.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own ordure, and I am not talking about his books.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Relate it to what should happen; fuse it into the long morality play that began, really, in the Garden of Eden.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art, that they qualify as crowned heads of antimusic.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
We love your adherence to democratic principles.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Journalist
Date of Birth:
1925-11-24
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