Quotes from William F. Buckley (Jr.)

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

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

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 of Harvard University.

National Review… stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.

I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.

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 people's freedom and security.

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.