William F. Buckley, Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
William Frank Buckley Jr.was an American conservative author and commentator. He founded National Review magazine in 1955, which had a major impact in stimulating the conservative movement; hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line, where he became known for his transatlantic accent and wide vocabulary; and wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column along with numerous spy novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth24 November 1925
CountryUnited States of America
William F. Buckley, Jr. quotes about
Bobby Kennedy and Nelson Rockefeller are having a row, ostensibly over the plight of New York's mentally retarded, a loose definition of which would include everyone in New York who voted for Bobby Kennedy or Nelson Rockefeller.
I had much more fun criticizing than praising.
Some of my instincts are reprehensible.
History is but the polemics of the victor.
Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.
I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
Everything I do and say and the way I do and say it annoys me.
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.
He [Cassius Clay] became a Black Muslim, which is a pseudo-religion for unbright neurotics who feel the need to hate all white people.
Boredom is the deadliest poison.
It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target!
You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters.
Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.
If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign,