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William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word ‘fair’ in connection with income tax policies.”

51. “I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word ‘fair’ in connection with income tax policies.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Enthusiasm for conservation can be fashioned into a nasty weapon for those who dislike business on general principles.”

52. “Enthusiasm for conservation can be fashioned into a nasty weapon for those who dislike business on general principles.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Professor Galbraith is horrified by the number of Americans who have bought cars with tail fins on them, and I am horrified by the number of Americans who take seriously the proposals of Mr. Galbraith.”

53. “Professor Galbraith is horrified by the number of Americans who have bought cars with tail fins on them, and I am horrified by the number of Americans who take seriously the proposals of Mr. Galbraith.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “The New York Times, whose editorial department sounds like Cotton Mather rewriting Eleanor Roosevelt...”

54. “The New York Times, whose editorial department sounds like Cotton Mather rewriting Eleanor Roosevelt...”

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William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for the minority, let alone for the individual, to face that majority down.”

55. “We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for the minority, let alone for the individual, to face that majority down.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own ordure, and I am not talking about his books.”

56. “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.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “France believes in armed intervention by America only when the intervention is in France to rescue France from occupation by other powers.”

57. “France believes in armed intervention by America only when the intervention is in France to rescue France from occupation by other powers.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “A relatively small and eternally quarrelsome country in Western Europe, fountainhead of rationalist political manias, militarily impotent, historically inglorious during the past century, democratically bankrupt, Communist-infiltrated from top to bottom.”

58. “A relatively small and eternally quarrelsome country in Western Europe, fountainhead of rationalist political manias, militarily impotent, historically inglorious during the past century, democratically bankrupt, Communist-infiltrated from top to bottom.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away. My blood gets hot my brow wet I become unbearably and unconscionably sarcastic and bellicose I am girded for a total showdown.”

59. “I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away. My blood gets hot my brow wet I become unbearably and unconscionably sarcastic and bellicose I am girded for a total showdown.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “I grew up, as reported, in a large family of Catholics without even a decent ration of tentativeness among the lot of us about our religious faith.”

60. “I grew up, as reported, in a large family of Catholics without even a decent ration of tentativeness among the lot of us about our religious faith.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer-economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem.”

61. “Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer-economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Stick me in a confessional and ask the question: Sir, if you had the authority, would you forbid smoking in America? You’d get a solemn and contrite, Yes.”

62. “Stick me in a confessional and ask the question: Sir, if you had the authority, would you forbid smoking in America? You’d get a solemn and contrite, Yes.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them.”

63. “When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Did you know that forty percent of the words used by Shakespeare were used by him only once?”

64. “Did you know that forty percent of the words used by Shakespeare were used by him only once?”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “The superstition that the hounds of truth will rout the vermin of error seems, like a fragment of Victorian lace, quaint, but too brittle to be lifted out of the showcase.”

65. “The superstition that the hounds of truth will rout the vermin of error seems, like a fragment of Victorian lace, quaint, but too brittle to be lifted out of the showcase.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Earlier this month the State Department gave the umpteenth performance of its popular play, Please Tread on Me, with Ceylon as guest star, and the usual cast.”

66. “Earlier this month the State Department gave the umpteenth performance of its popular play, Please Tread on Me, with Ceylon as guest star, and the usual cast.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.”

67. “The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Why should any country continue, forever, to be “great”?”

68. “Why should any country continue, forever, to be “great”?”

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William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “No one since the Garden of Eden – which the serpent forsook in order to run for higher office – has imputed to politicians great purity of motive.”

69. “No one since the Garden of Eden – which the serpent forsook in order to run for higher office – has imputed to politicians great purity of motive.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “What was wrong with communism wasn’t aberrant leadership, it was communism.”

70. “What was wrong with communism wasn’t aberrant leadership, it was communism.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Christianity finds all its doctrines stated in the Bible, and Christianity denies no part, nor attempts to add anything to the Word of God.”

71. “Christianity finds all its doctrines stated in the Bible, and Christianity denies no part, nor attempts to add anything to the Word of God.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “We love your adherence to democratic principles.”

72. “We love your adherence to democratic principles.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “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.”

73. “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.”

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William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “The real threat, as seen by the ACLU, is that religious behavior might give secular behavior a bad name, and that is, surely, unconstitutional.”

74. “The real threat, as seen by the ACLU, is that religious behavior might give secular behavior a bad name, and that is, surely, unconstitutional.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “We view our atomic arsenal as proudly and as devotedly as any pioneer ever viewed his flintlock hanging over the mantel as his children slept, and dreamed.”

75. “We view our atomic arsenal as proudly and as devotedly as any pioneer ever viewed his flintlock hanging over the mantel as his children slept, and dreamed.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Not everything that is legal is reputable.”

76. “Not everything that is legal is reputable.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Now it is one thing to say I say it that people shouldn’t consume psychoactive drugs. It is entirely something else to condone marijuana laws, the application of which resulted, in 1995, in the arrest of 588,963 Americans. Why are we so afraid to inform ourselves on the question?”

77. “Now it is one thing to say I say it that people shouldn’t consume psychoactive drugs. It is entirely something else to condone marijuana laws, the application of which resulted, in 1995, in the arrest of 588,963 Americans. Why are we so afraid to inform ourselves on the question?”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “The police can’t use clubs or gas or dogs. I suppose they will have to use poison ivy.”

78. “The police can’t use clubs or gas or dogs. I suppose they will have to use poison ivy.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.”

79. “Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “He was a conservative all right, but invariably he gave the impression that he was a conservative because he was surrounded by liberals; that he had been a revolutionist if that had been required in order to be socially disruptive.”

80. “He was a conservative all right, but invariably he gave the impression that he was a conservative because he was surrounded by liberals; that he had been a revolutionist if that had been required in order to be socially disruptive.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Reagan is both too fatalistic and too modest to be a crudaser. He doesn’t have that darkness around the eyes of a George McGovern.”

81. “Reagan is both too fatalistic and too modest to be a crudaser. He doesn’t have that darkness around the eyes of a George McGovern.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Quote: “Everything I do and say and the way I do and say it annoys me.”

82. “Everything I do and say and the way I do and say it annoys me.”

— William F. Buckley Jr.

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