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• I tend to reject the position that the truth of a proposition is an exact corollary of its credibility.
  -- William F. Buckley, Jr., On The Firing Line...
• 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.
  -- William F. Buckley, Jr....
• Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman.
  -- William F. Buckley, Jr. -- The Wit and Wisdom of Vlad the Impale...
• I would 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.
  -- William F. Buckley, Jr....
• Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive. -- William F. Buckley
• I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob. -- William F. Buckley
• I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.
  -- William F. Buckley...
• I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
  -- William F. Buckley...